Antibiotic prescribing practices by South Australian general dental practitioners

Australian Dental Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 179-186

  Jaunay, Tom ^a   Dambrook, Paul ^b   Goss, Alastair ^b  

^a ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; General dental; Prescription

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTAL CARE; DRUG UTILIZATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TOOTH PERIAPICAL DISEASE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; DRUG UTILIZATION; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PERIAPICAL DISEASES; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0042782583     PISSN: 00450421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2000.tb00554.x     Document Type: Article

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