Changing public attitudes to antibiotic prescribing: Can the internet help?

Informatics in Primary Care

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-26

  Madle, Gemma ^a   Kostkova, Patty ^b   Mani Saada, Jane ^b   Weinberg, Julius ^a   Williams, Peter ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Antimicrobial resistance; Attitude; Health information website; Internet; Knowledge; Public opinion

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EXPECTATION; EXTERNAL OTITIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION; INTERNET; LEARNING; LIBRARY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME;

EID: 2442551478     PISSN: 14760320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14236/jhi.v12i1.104     Document Type: Article

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