Antibiotic use in community-based pediatric outpatients in southern region of Brazil

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 304-309

  Zhang, Linjie ^a,b   Mendoza, Raul ^a   Costa, Marilice M G ^a   Ottoni, Elias J G ^a   Bertaco, Antônio S ^a   Santos, José C H ^a   D'avila, Nildo E ^a   Faria, Carlos S ^a   Zenobini, Elvio C O ^a   Gomesa, Adamir ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; FATHER; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SELF MEDICATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 27144480697     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmi022     Document Type: Article

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