Preferences of antibiotic use in children less than five in physicians working health centers of primary level in peri-urban areas of Lima, Peru;Preferencias de uso de antibióticos en niños menores de cinco años por médicos de centros de salud de primer nivel en zonas periurbanas de lima, Peru

Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 181-189

  Ecker, Lucie ^a,b   Ochoa, Theresa J ^b,c   Vargas, Martha ^d   Del Valle, Luis J ^e   Ruiz, Joaquim ^f  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN NUTRICIONAL   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Fundacio Clinic Per a la Recerca Biomedica   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^f CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anti bacterial agents; Bacterial; Child (source: MeSH NLM); Drug prescriptions; Drug resistance

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FURAZOLIDONE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; CHILD; COMMON COLD; DRUG PREFERENCE; DYSENTERY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; ONSET AGE; PERU; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PNEUMONIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SATISFACTION; URBAN AREA; VERNER MORRISON SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERU; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882702913     PISSN: 17264634     EISSN: 17264642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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