Prescribing issues for Aboriginal people

Australian Prescriber

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 106-109

  Murray, Richard ^a  

^a K Aboriginal Med Serv Cncl   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Drug therapy; National Medicines Policy

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; PERMETHRIN; POVIDONE IODINE; PROCAINE PENICILLIN; SOFRADEX;

ABORIGINE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMONIA; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION; SORE THROAT; TRACHOMA; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0141683687     PISSN: 03128008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18773/austprescr.2003.080     Document Type: Review

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