Medical practitioners' knowledge of dysentery treatment in Bangladesh

British Medical Journal

Volumn 313, Issue 7051, 1996, Pages 205-206

  Ronsmans, Carine ^a,b   Islam, Tarique ^c   Bennish, Michael L ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; PIVMECILLINAM;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; DRUG CHOICE; DYSENTERY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLOSIS;

EID: 0029889307     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7051.205     Document Type: Article

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