Probiotics in Preventing Acute Upper Respiratory Tract Infections.

Am J Nurs

JoAnn D. Long is professor of nursing and director of research and development at Lubbock Christian University, Lubbock, TX. Andrea Morris is a professor of nursing at Covenant Health, Lubbock, TX. Both are members of the Cochrane Nursing Care Field.

Published: December 2017

Editor's note: This is a summary of a nursing care-related systematic review from the Cochrane Library. For more information, see http://nursingcare.cochrane.org.

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