Use and/or misuse of antibiotics in management of diarrhea among children in enugu, Southeast Nigeria

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 314-316

  Ekwochi, Uchenna ^a   Chinawa, Josephat M ^a,b   Obi, Ikechukwu ^a,b   Obu, Herbert A ^a,b   Agwu, Samuel ^a  

^a ENUGU STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Children; Diarrhea

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ANTIBIOTICS; CHILDREN; DIARRHEA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAREGIVERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NIGERIA; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84881496659     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmt016     Document Type: Article

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