Self-medication with antibiotics: A general population survey (SAR study);Studio di prevalenza sull'uso di antibiotici per automedicazione (studio SAR)

Giornale Italiano di Farmacia Clinica

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 84-88

  Di Matteo, Antonella ^a   Monte, Simona ^a,b   Romero, Marilena ^a,b   Haaijer Ruskamp, Flora M ^c  

^a Laboratorio di Farmacoepidemiologia   (Italy)

^b S Maria Imbaro ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Questionnaire; Self medication

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC PYELONEPHRITIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMPHYSEMA; ENDOCARDITIS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEPTIC ULCER; PREVALENCE; PROSTATITIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF MEDICATION; TUBERCULOSIS; TUMOR; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 27644587945     PISSN: 11203749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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