European antibiotic awareness day: A five-year perspective of Europe-Wide actions to promote prudent use of antibiotics

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 19, Issue 41, 2014, Pages

  Earnshaw, S ^a   Mancarella, G ^a   Mendez, A ^a   Todorova, B ^a   Magiorakos, A P ^a   Possenti, E ^a   Stryk, M ^a   Gilbro, S ^a   Goossens, H ^b   Albiger, B ^a   Monnet, D L ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; EUROPE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; MULTIMEDIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL MEDIA; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 84908192629     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.41.20928     Document Type: Article

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