Public knowledge and attitudes towards antibiotic usage: A cross-sectional study among the general public in the state of Penang, Malaysia

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 338-347

  Oh, Ai Ling ^a   Hassali, Mohamed Azmi ^a   Al Haddad, Mahmoud Sadi ^b   Sulaiman, Syed Azhar Syed ^a   Shafie, Asrul Akmal ^a   Awaisu, Ahmed ^c  

^a SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b TAIF UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Qatar University ^*  (Qatar)

Author keywords

Antibiotic usage; Attitudes; Malaysia; Public knowledge

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMON COLD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SELF MEDICATION; SKIN DISEASE; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79958128457     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.1502     Document Type: Article

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