Antibiotic prescribing and antibiotic resistance in community practice: Retrospective study, 1996-8

British Medical Journal

Volumn 319, Issue 7219, 1999, Pages 1239-1240

  Magee, J T ^a   Pritchard, Emma L ^b   Fitzgerald, Karen A ^c   Dunstan, F D J ^d   Howard, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Bro Taf Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033530450     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.319.7219.1239     Document Type: Article

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