Diarrhoea-related knowledge and practice of physicians in urban slums of Kolkata, India

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 314-326

  Kanungo, S ^a   Mahapatra, T ^a   Bhaduri, B ^b   Mahapatra, S ^a   Chakraborty, N D ^a   Manna, B ^a   Sur, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^b International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antibiotic use; cholera; diarrhoea; knowledge and practice; physicians

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHOLERA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTERVIEW; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POVERTY AREAS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84894346506     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268813001076     Document Type: Article

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