Geographical epidemiology of antibacterials in the preschool age

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Cartabia, Massimo ^a   Campi, Rita ^a   Clavenna, Antonio ^a   Bortolotti, Angela ^b   Fortino, Ida ^b   Merlino, Luca ^b   Bonati, Maurizio ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b Regional Health Ministry Lombardy Region   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drugs prescriptions; Geographic information systems; Pediatrics; Spatial autocorrelation; Spatial clusters

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; AUTOCORRELATION; CARTOGRAPHY; DRUG PRESCRIBING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THEMATIC MAPPING;

ITALY;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84870873811     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-11-52     Document Type: Article

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