The knowledge, attitude and the perception of prescribers on the rational use of antibiotics and the need for an antibiotic policy-a cross sectional survey in a Tertiary Care hospital

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 675-679

  Remesh, Ambili ^a   Gayathri, A M ^a   Singh, Rohit ^a   Retnavally, K G ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotic policy; Drug resistance; Rational drug use

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84875895333     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2013/5413.2879     Document Type: Article

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