Portuguese students' knowledge of antibiotics: A cross-sectional study of secondary school and university students in Braga

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Azevedo, Maria Manuel ^a   Pinheiro, Céline ^b   Yaphe, John ^c   Baltazar, Fátima ^b  

^a School EB 2 3 of Vila Franca das Naves   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG USE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PORTUGAL; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRUG EFFECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PORTUGAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 71049155904     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-359     Document Type: Article

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