Nonjudicious dispensing of antibiotics by drug stores in Pratumthani, Thailand

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 572-575

  Apisarnthanarak, Anucha ^a   Tunpornchai, Jeeraluk ^a   Tanawitt, Korakot ^a   Mundy, Linda M ^b  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFDINIR; CEFPODOXIME; CEFUROXIME; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN V; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG MISUSE; PHARMACY; THAILAND;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; HUMANS; PHARMACIES; SYNDROME; THAILAND; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 46349106705     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/587496     Document Type: Article

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