Attitudes, beliefs and knowledge concerning antibiotic use and self-medication: A comparative European study

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1234-1243

  Grigoryan, Larissa ^a   Burgerhof, Johannes G M ^a   Degener, John E ^a   Deschepper, Reginald ^b   Lundborg, Cecilia Stålsby ^c   Monnet, Dominique L ^d   Scicluna, Elizabeth A ^e   Birkin, Joan ^f   Haaijer Ruskamp, Flora M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^e ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (Malta)

^f NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotic use; Attitude; Europe; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SELF MEDICATION;

EID: 36248999935     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1479     Document Type: Article

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