Antimicrobial use in children under five years with diarrhea in a central region province, Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 181-187

  Howteerakul, N ^a   Higginbotham, N ^b   Dibley, M J ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; SHIGELLA SONNEI; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 3042835186     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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