Appropriate antibiotic use: Variation in knowledge and awareness by Hispanic ethnicity and language

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 162-169

  Corbett, Kitty K ^a   Gonzales, Ralph ^b   Leeman Castillo, Bonnie A ^a   Flores, Estevan ^a   Maselli, Judy ^b   Kafadar, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Health communication; Health education; Hispanics; Prevention; Respiratory infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AWARENESS; BRONCHITIS; COLD; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 7944231932     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.05.016     Document Type: Article

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