Prepared for:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

2101 East Jefferson Street

Rockville, MD 20852

http://www.ahrq.gov

Contract No. 290-97-0011

Prepared by:

RTI International-University of North Carolina

Evidence-based Practice Center

Meera Viswanathan, Ph.D.

Valerie J. King, M.D., M.P.H.

Clay Bordley, M.D., M.P.H.

Amanda A. Honeycutt, Ph.D.

John Wittenborn, B.A., B.S.

Anne M. Jackman, M.S.W.

Sonya F. Sutton, B.S.P.H.

Kathleen N. Lohr, Ph.D.

AHRQ Publication No. 03-E014

January 2003

ISBN: 1-58763-130-X

ISSN: 1530-4396

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Viswanathan M, King V, Bordley C, et al. Management of Bronchiolitis in Infants and Children. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 69 (Prepared by RTI International*-University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-97-0011). AHRQ Publication No. 03-E014. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. January 2003.

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