Antibiotic Use during the First 200 Days of Life

Archives of Family Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 523-526

  Bergus, George R ^a   Levy, Barcey T ^a   Levy, Steven M ^a   Slager, Susan L ^a   Kiritsy, Mary C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE TABLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OTITIS MEDIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IOWA; LIFE TABLES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0030266887     PISSN: 10633987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfami.5.9.523     Document Type: Article

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