The impact of clinical audit on antibiotic prescribing in general dental practice

British Dental Journal

Volumn 201, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 635-641

  Chate, R A C ^a,i   White, S ^b   Hale, L R O ^c,d   Howat, A P ^b,e   Bottomley, J ^f   Barnet Lamb, J ^b   Lindsay, J ^g   Davies, T I ^h   Heath, J M ^b  

^a Eastern Deanery Postgraduate Dental Tutor   (United Kingdom)

^b Bedfordshire Heartlands PCT ^*

^c Eastern Deanery Postgraduate Dental Tutor   (United Kingdom)

^d Eastern Deanery Postgraduate Dental Tutor   (United Kingdom)

^e Eastern Deanery Postgraduate Dental Tutor   (United Kingdom)

^f Eastern Deanery Postgraduate Dental Tutor   (United Kingdom)

^g Eastern Deanery Postgraduate Dental Tutor   (United Kingdom)

^h Eastern Deanery Postgraduate Dental Tutor   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ ESSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DENTAL AUDIT; DRUG UTILIZATION; ENGLAND; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33845268650     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4814261     Document Type: Article

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