Parental issues in selection of antimicrobial agents for infants and children

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 201-205

  Bauchner, Howard ^a,b   Klein, Jerome O ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFACLOR; CEFIXIME; CEFPODOXIME; CEFTIBUTEN; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LORACARBEF; SULFAFURAZOLE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; HUMAN; INFANT; OTITIS MEDIA; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 0030940078     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992289703600403     Document Type: Article

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