Public education - A progress report

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 60, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Woodhead, Mark ^a   Finch, Roger ^b  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prescription; Antimicrobial resistance web site; Bug investigators pack; Public campaign

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDUCATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 34948892146     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkm158     Document Type: Article

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