Attitudes towards antimicrobial drugs among general population in Croatia, Fyrom, Greece, Hungary, Serbia and Slovenia

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 691-696

  Radošević, Nives ^a   Vlahović Palčevski, Vera ^a,b   Benko, Ria ^c   Peklar, Jure ^d   Miškulin, Inka ^e   Matuz, Maria ^c   Papaioannidou, Paraskevi ^f   Sabo, Ana ^g   Palčevska Koceska, Snežana ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^d National Health Insurance Institute   (Slovenia)

^e Psychotherapeutic Practice   (Croatia)

^f ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^h UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Macedonia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic use; Attitudes; Patient education; Public knowledge; Self medication

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG USE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; KNOWLEDGE; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF MEDICATION; SERBIA; SLOVENIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CROATIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SERBIA; SLOVENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349763957     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1768     Document Type: Article

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