An audit on the knowledge, beliefs and attitudes about the uses and side-effects of antibiotics among outpatients attending 2 teaching hospitals in Jordan;Évaluation des connaissances, croyances et attitudes concernant l'utilisation et les effets secondaires des antibiotiques chez des patients en consultation externe dans deux hôpitaux universitaires en Jordanie

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 478-484

  Alzoubi, K ^a   Al Azzam, S ^a   Alhusban, A ^a   Mukattash, T ^a   Al Zubaidy, S ^b   Alomari, N ^c   Khader, Y ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^c Royal Medical Services   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SELF MEDICATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84922687218     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2013.19.5.478     Document Type: Article

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