Reduced antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract symptoms after following a postgraduate program: A randomized, controlled study;Minder recepten na een nascholings-programma over antibiotica voor acute luchtwegklachten: Een gerandomiseerd gecontroleerd onderzoek

Huisarts en Wetenschap

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 154-157

  Weischen, Ineke ^a   Kuyvenhoven, Marijke ^a   Hoes, Arno ^a   Verheij, Theo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMONIA; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SINUSITIS; SORE THROAT;

EID: 17444426047     PISSN: 00187070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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