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Research ArticleOriginal Research

Reducing Expectations for Antibiotics in Patients With Upper Respiratory Tract Infections: A Primary Care Randomized Controlled Trial

Anna Ishani Perera, Mark Greenslade Thomas, Keith James Petrie, Janet Frater, Daniel Dang, Kiralee Ruth Schache, Amelia Frances Akroyd and Stephen Robert Ritchie
The Annals of Family Medicine May 2021, 19 (3) 232-239; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2672
Anna Ishani Perera
1Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Mark Greenslade Thomas
2Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
3Department of Infectious Diseases, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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Keith James Petrie
1Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Janet Frater
4Balmoral Doctors, Auckland, New Zealand
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Daniel Dang
5Eastern Institute of Technology, Napier, New Zealand
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Kiralee Ruth Schache
1Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Amelia Frances Akroyd
1Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Stephen Robert Ritchie
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