The relationship among antibiotic consumption, socioeconomic factors and climatic conditions

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Marra, Fawziah ^a   Mak, Sunny ^a   Chong, Mei ^a   Patrick, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antibiotic consumption; Correlation; Geographical information systems; Mapping; Socioeconomic

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE PLUS TRIMETHORPIM; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLIMATE; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 77958567835     PISSN: 17129532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/965268     Document Type: Article

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