Knowing When but Not How! — Mothers' Perceptions and Use of Antibiotics in a Rural Area of Viet Nam

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 6-10

  Halfvarsson, J ^a   Heijne, N ^a   Ljungman, P ^a   Ham, M N ^b,c   Holmgren, G ^d   Tomson, G ^d  

^a ICH and IHCAR ^*  (United States)

^b Uong Bi Hospital   (Viet Nam)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBODY; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN V;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RURAL AREA; SELF MEDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIET NAM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, ORIENTAL TRADITIONAL; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RURAL HEALTH; SELF MEDICATION; VIETNAM;

EID: 0033994643     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550003000105     Document Type: Article

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