Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing in the community

Antibiotic Policies: Theory and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 491-530

  Arnold, Sandra L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/0-387-22852-7_26     Document Type: Chapter

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