The context of antibiotic overuse

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 211-212

  Ackerman, Sara ^a,b   Gonzales, Ralph ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG ABUSE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; KNOWLEDGE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOCIAL BELIEF;

EID: 84864818083     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-157-3-201208070-00013     Document Type: Editorial

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