General practitioners' patterns of antimicrobial drugs prescription in the therapy of acute pharyngitis

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 30-34

  Katić, Milica ^a   Katić, Vladimir ^a   Ivanković, Davor ^a   Čulig, Josip ^b   Budak, Antun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b PLIVA CROATIA LTD   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Acute pharyngitis; Antimicrobial drug prescription; General practitioner

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFALEXIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; PROCAINE PENICILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG COST; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHARYNGITIS; PRESCRIPTION;

EID: 0034000495     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02813430050202523     Document Type: Article

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