Caregivers' baseline understanding and expectations of antibiotic use for their children

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 632-637

  Salazar, Maria L ^a   English, Thomas M ^a   Eiland, Lea S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

antibiotic use; caregivers; children; pediatrics; public opinion

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; EAR INFECTION; EXPECTATION; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; INFANT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84862733601     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922812439243     Document Type: Article

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