Awareness of bacterial resistance among physicians, pharmacists and nurses

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 363-372

  Alzoubi, Karem ^a   Ayoub, Nehad ^a   Al Sakaji, Suehair ^b   Al Azzam, Sayer ^a   Mhaidat, Nizar ^a   Masadeh, Majed ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b Princess Badeaa Hospital   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Awareness; Bacterial resistance; MRSA; P. aeruginosa; VRE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JORDAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AWARENESS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77749267725     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10001-009-0034-3     Document Type: Article

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