Cross-sectional study of consumption, compliance and awareness about antibiotic utilisation amongst the urban community in Kolkata

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-10

  Ray, Krishangshu ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Sujishnu ^b   Dutt, D ^c   Chatterjee, P K ^c   Roychowdhury, P K ^d   Roy, Kashmiri ^e   Banerjee, S N ^f  

^a NRS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b R G KAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c AIIH and PH   (India)

^d Kolkata Municipal Corporation   (India)

^e Natl Inst Orthopaedically H   (India)

^f MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Compliance and awareness about antibiotic utilisation; Consumption; Cross sectional study; Urban community

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONSUMER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INDIA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRESCRIPTION; URBAN AREA; UTILIZATION REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0041767276     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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