The European Union Antibiotic Awareness Day: The paediatric perspective

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 909-910

  Spyridis, Nikos ^a   Sharland, Mike ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

AWARENESS; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 55349107840     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.149625     Document Type: Short Survey

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