Self-medication with antimicrobial drugs in Europe

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 452-459

  Grigoryan, Larissa ^a   Haaijer Ruskamp, Flora M ^a   Burgerhof, Johannes G M ^a   Mechtler, Reli ^b   Deschepper, Reginald ^c   Tambic Andrasevic, Arjana ^d   Andrajati, Retnosari ^e   Monnet, Dominique L ^f   Cunney, Robert ^g   Di Matteo, Antonella ^h   Edelstein, Hana ⁱ   Valinteliene, Rolanda ^j   Alkerwi, Alaa ^k   Scicluna, Elizabeth A ^l   Grzesiowski, Pawel ^m   Bara, Ana Claudia ⁿ   Tesar, Thomas ^o   Cizman, Milan ^p   Campos, Jose ^q   Lundborg, Cecilia Stålsby ^r   Birkin, Joan ^s   more..

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d Croatia   (Croatia)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^f STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^g HEALTH PROTECTION SURVEILLANCE CENTRE   (Ireland)

^h Consorzio Mario Negri Sud ^*  (Italy)

ⁱ HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^j Institute of Hygiene   (Lithuania)

^k Directorate of Health   (Luxembourg)

^l ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (Malta)

^m NATIONAL MEDICINES INSTITUTE   (Poland)

ⁿ MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^o Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^p UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^q INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^r KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^s NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRY THROAT; EDUCATION; EUROPE; HUMAN; PAIN; PHARMACY; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SELF MEDICATION; SORE THROAT; THROAT DISEASE; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 33644547030     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1203.050992     Document Type: Review

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