Attitudes to antibiotic prescribing, resistance and bacteriology investigations amongst practitioners and patients in the Grampian region of Scotland

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-36

  Gould, Ian M ^a   MacKenzie, Fiona M ^a   Shepherd, Lorraine ^a  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; COLD; COUGHING; CYSTITIS; DRUG UTILIZATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LABORATORY TEST; OTALGIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SINUSITIS; SORE THROAT; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED KINGDOM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACTERIOLOGY; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND;

EID: 34247880541     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13814780601050798     Document Type: Article

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