Use of antimicrobial drugs in an urban population;Utilização de antimicrobianos em uma população urbana

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 239-246

  Berquó, Laura S ^a   Barros, Aluísio J D ^a   Lima, Rosângela C ^a   Bertoldi, Andréa D ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial use; Cross sectional studies; Drug utilization, statistics numerical data; Pharmacoepidemiology; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFANILAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIVORCE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC INFECTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MOUTH INFECTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOOTH INFECTION; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 2942630631     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102004000200013     Document Type: Article

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