Availability of antibiotics for purchase without a prescription on the internet

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 431-435

  Mainous III, Arch G ^a   Everett, Charles J ^a   Post, Robert E ^a   Diaz, Vanessa A ^a   Hueston, William J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bacterial; Drug resistance; Health care delivery; Infectious disease; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; DRUG MARKETING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; PRESCRIPTION; PURCHASING; SEARCH ENGINE; SELF MEDICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349182373     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.999     Document Type: Article

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