Self-medication with antibiotics in Europe: A case for action

Current Drug Safety

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 329-332

  Grigoryan, Larissa ^a   Monnet, Dominique L ^b   Haaijer Ruskamp, Flora M ^c   Bonten, Marc J M ^a   Lundborg, Stålsby ^d   Verheij, Theo J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotics; Epidemiological factors; Self medication

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG USE; EUROPE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF MEDICATION; TABLET;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; EUROPE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELF MEDICATION;

EID: 77958482903     PISSN: 15748863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157488610792246046     Document Type: Article

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