Antibiotic identification, use, and self-medication for respiratory illnesses among urban Latinos

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 488-495

  Landers, Timothy F ^a   Ferng, Yu hui ^a   McLoughlin, Jennifer Wong ^a   Barrett, Angela E ^a   Larson, Elaine ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotics; Epidemiology; Infectious disease; Latino

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK; SELF MEDICATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK; ODDS RATIO; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SELF MEDICATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77956432220     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2010.00539.x     Document Type: Article

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