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Antibiotic prescribing for pediatric respiratory infections

What explains a large variation among physicians?

Rachel McKay, David M. Patrick, Kimberlyn McGrail and Michael R. Law
Canadian Family Physician June 2019; 65 (6) e278-e291;
Rachel McKay
Postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health at McGill University in Montreal, Que.
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David M. Patrick
Professor in the School of Population and Public Health and Medical Epidemiology Lead for Antimicrobial Resistance in the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
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Kimberlyn McGrail
Associate Professor in the School of Population and Public Health and in the Centre for Health Services and Policy Research at the University of British Columbia.
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Michael R. Law
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