Variation in antibiotic use in the European Union

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Volumn 357, Issue 9271, 2001, Pages 1851-1853

  Cars, Otto ^a,b   Mölstad, Sigvard ^b,c,d   Melander, Arne ^b,d,e  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c Unit of Research and Development in Primary Health Care   (Sweden)

^d Network for Pharmacoepidemiology Foundation   (Sweden)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; LINCOSAMIDE DERIVATIVE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLINASE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; DENMARK; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG USE; FRANCE; GERMANY; MICROORGANISM; NETHERLANDS; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; SWEDEN; THREAT;

EID: 0035832537     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)04972-2     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Antimicrobial resistance is a major threat to public health
2. The frequency of penicillin-resistant pneumococci in children is correlated to the community-level utilisation of antibiotics