Antibiotic prescription preferences in paediatric outpatient setting in Estonia and Sweden

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Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lass, Jana ^a,b   Odlind, Viveca ^c   Irs, Alar ^a,d   Lutsar, Irja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b TARTU UNIVERSITY CLINICS   (Estonia)

^c MEDICAL PRODUCTS AGENCY   (Sweden)

^d State Agency of Medicines   (Estonia)

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EID: 84876589193     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-2-124     Document Type: Article

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