Insights into residents' behavior of antibiotic purchasing from medicinal sales data of retail pharmacies in rural China

Fudan University Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 253-258

  Yu, Miao ^a   Zhu, Yi Pin ^a   Song, Xiao Xiao ^a   Yang, Lei ^a   Tao, Tao ^a   Zhao, Qi ^a   Xu, Biao ^a   Zhao, Gen Ming ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Generalized estimating equations (GEE); Pharmacy; Self medication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879135743     PISSN: 16728467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-8467.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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