Physician behaviour for antimicrobial prescribing for paediatric upper respiratory tract infections: A survey in general practice in Trinidad, West Indies

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Mohan, Shaun ^a   Dharamraj, Kavita ^a   Dindial, Ria ^a   Mathur, Deepti ^a   Parmasad, Vishala ^a   Ramdhanie, Joseph ^a   Matthew, Jason ^a   Pinto Pereira, Lexley M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFACLOR; CEFUROXIME; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OTITIS MEDIA; PHARYNGITIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINUSITIS; TONSILLITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 3042615244     PISSN: 14760711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-0711-3-11     Document Type: Article

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