Antibiotic misuse in children by the primary care physicians an Indian experience

Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 52-57

  Basu, S ^a,a   Chatterjee, M ^a   Chandra, P Kumar ^a  

^a NORTH BENGAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Child; Physicians

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MEDICATION ERROR; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICATION ERRORS; OUTPATIENTS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 51149100146     PISSN: 11193077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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