"The Bug Investigators": Assessment of a school teaching resource to improve hygiene and prudent use of antibiotics

Health Education

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 10-26

  McNulty, Cliodna A M ^a   Bowen, Jo ^a,c   Gelb, David ^b   Charlett, Andre ^b  

^a GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Diseases; Education; Schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845582229     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654280710716851     Document Type: Article

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