European medical students: A first multicentre study of knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of antibiotic prescribing and antibiotic resistance

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 842-846

  Dyar, Oliver J ^a   Pulcini, Céline ^b,c   Howard, Philip ^d   Nathwani, Dilip ^e   Beovic, Bojana ^f   Harbarth, Stephan ^f   Hanberger, Håkan ^f   Pagani, Leonardo ^f   Pardo, José Ramón Paño ^f   Weschesler Fördös, Agnes ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NICE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^d LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Antibiotic stewardship; Attitudes to health; Education; Questionnaire; Survey

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MICROBIOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EUROPE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84894027705     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkt440     Document Type: Article

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