Overview of e-Bug: An antibiotic and hygiene educational resource for schools

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 66, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2011, Pages

  McNulty, Cliodna A M ^a   Lecky, Donna M ^a   Farrell, David ^b   Kostkova, Patty ^b   Adriaenssens, Niels ^c   Herotová, Tereza Koprivová ^d   Holt, Jette ^e   Touboul, Pia ^f   Merakou, Kyriakoula ^g   Koncan, Raffaella ^h   Olczak Pienkowska, Anna ⁱ   Avô, António Brito ^j   Campos, José ^k  

^a GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BULOVKA   (Czech Republic)

^e STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^f CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^g NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

ⁱ NATIONAL MEDICINES INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^j Ministerio da Saude Portuguese   (Portugal)

^k INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Antibiotics; Education; Europe; Resistance; Schools; Websites

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; VACCINE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHLAMYDIAL URETHRITIS; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); COMPUTER PROGRAM; CULTURAL FACTOR; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG USE; E BUG; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; FOOD POISONING; FOOD PROCESSING; GAME; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LEARNING; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISM; ONLINE SYSTEM; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SAFE SEX; SCHOOL; SCIENCE; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TEACHER; VACCINATION; VIRAL UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; EUROPE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INTERNET; MICROBIOLOGY; SCHOOLS;

EID: 79959431148     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkr119     Document Type: Article

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