Self-medication with antibiotics: Questionnaire survey among primary care center attendants

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1150-1157

  Ilhan, Mustafa N ^a   Durukan, Elif ^b   Ilhan, Sevil Özger ^c   Aksakal, F Nur ^a   Özkan, Seçil ^a   Bumin, Mehmet Ali ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UFUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Self medication; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIAL SECURITY; SORE THROAT; TOOTH INFECTION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF MEDICATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 72449163530     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1829     Document Type: Article

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