Excessive antibiotic use for acute respiratory infections in the United States

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 757-762

  Gonzales, Ralph ^a,d   Malone, Daniel C ^b   Maselli, Judith H ^a   Sande, Merle A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMAN; PHARYNGITIS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035884747     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/322627     Document Type: Article

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