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Comment
. 2014 Mar;133(3):533-4.
doi: 10.1542/peds.2013-4016. Epub 2014 Feb 2.

Reducing unnecessary antibiotics prescribed to children: what next?

Ateev Mehrotra  1
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Reducing unnecessary antibiotics prescribed to children: what next?

Ateev Mehrotra. Pediatrics. 2014 Mar.
No abstract available

Keywords: antibiotics; utilization.

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  • Recent trends in outpatient antibiotic use in children.
    Vaz LE, Kleinman KP, Raebel MA, Nordin JD, Lakoma MD, Dutta-Linn MM, Finkelstein JA. Vaz LE, et al. Pediatrics. 2014 Mar;133(3):375-85. doi: 10.1542/peds.2013-2903. Epub 2014 Feb 2. Pediatrics. 2014. PMID: 24488744 Free PMC article.

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