Antibiotics for coughing in general practice: A questionnaire study toquantify and condense the reasons for prescribing

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-10

  Coenen, Samuel ^a   Michiels, Barbara ^a   Van Royen, Paul ^a   Van Der Auwera, Jean Claude ^a   Denekens, Joke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COUGHING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LUNG AUSCULTATION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COUGH; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 34248376515     PISSN: 14712296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-3-16     Document Type: Article

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