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A clinical score to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use in patients with sore throat

W. J. McIsaac, D. White, D. Tannenbaum and D. E. Low
CMAJ January 13, 1998 158 (1) 75-83;
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vol. 158 no. 1 75-83
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