The antibiotic prescribing behaviour of physicians for acute tonsillopharyngitis in primary care

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 139-143

  Canli, Hasan ^a   Saatci, Esra ^a   Bozdemir, Nafiz ^a   Akpinar, Ersin ^a   Kiroglu, Mete ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute tonsillopharyngitis; Antibiotics; Prescription; Primary care; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGITIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TONSILLITIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TONSILLITIS; TURKEY;

EID: 33845722633     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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