Antibiotic use for upper respiratory tract infections in children: A cross-sectional survey of knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of parents in Greece

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Panagakou, Sotiria G ^a   Spyridis, ikos ^b   Papaevangelou, Vassiliki ^c   Theodoridou, Kalliopi M ^b   Goutziana, Georgia P ^a   Theodoridou, Maria N ^b   Syrogiannopoulos, George A ^a   Hadjichristodoulou, Christos S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMON COLD; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FEVER; GREECE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDE PRACTICE QUESTIONNAIRE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OTALGIA; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRESCRIPTION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 79959850957     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-11-60     Document Type: Article

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