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Original Article

Acute bronchitis in adults: How close do we come to its aetiology in general practice?

Jon Steinar Jonsson Gardabaer Community Health Centre, Reykjavik, Iceland
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Johann A. Sigurdsson Department of Family Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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Karl G. Kristinsson Department of Microbiology, National University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland
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Margret Guönadóttir Department of Virology, National University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland
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Sveinn Magnusson Gardabaer Community Health Centre, Reykjavik, Iceland
Pages 156-160 | Received 01 May 1996, Accepted 01 Feb 1997, Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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