Antibiotic use in a periurban community in Mexico: A household and drugstore survey

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1121-1128

  Calva, Juan ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Community survey; Pharmaco epidemiology; Pharmacy; Prescription; Self medication

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NEOMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIARRHEA; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEXICO; NORMAL HUMAN; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIAL WORKER; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0029970395     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00385-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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