Self-medication with antibiotics in a Swedish general population

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 6-7, 2004, Pages 450-452

  Svensson, Emma ^a   Haaijer Ruskamp, Flora M ^b   Lundborg, Cecilia Stålsby ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Apoteket AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFADROXIL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DICLOXACILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; LORACARBEF; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN V; PIVMECILLINAM; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RURAL AREA; SELF MEDICATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SELF MEDICATION; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 4143118795     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540410020721     Document Type: Article

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