The problems of antibiotic overuse

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 65-66

  Arason, Vilhjalmur Ari ^a   Sigurdsson, Johann A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 77952508896     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02813432.2010.487652     Document Type: Editorial

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