Antibiotic prescriptions in primary health care in a rural population in Crete, Greece

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kontarakis, Nikolaos ^a   Tsiligianni, Ioanna G ^a   Papadokostakis, Polyvios ^b   Giannopoulou, Evangelia ^c   Tsironis, Loukas ^d   Moustakis, Vasilios ^d  

^a Agia Barbara Health Care Center   (Greece)

^b Archalohori Primary Health Care Centre   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

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EID: 79851507957     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-38     Document Type: Article

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