Antibiotics obtained without a prescription in Europe

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 182-183

  Safrany, Nabil ^a   Monnet, Dominique L ^b  

^a EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AWARENESS; DATA ANALYSIS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LETTER; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF MEDICATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS;

EID: 84857168480     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(12)70017-8     Document Type: Letter

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