Editorials antibiotics: Time to act

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 63, Issue 612, 2013, Pages 340-341

  Moore, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; DRUG USE; EDITORIAL; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SELF CARE; STREPTOCOCCUS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SELF CARE;

EID: 84880542753     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp13X668447     Document Type: Editorial

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