Overuse of antibiotics for the common cold - attitudes and behaviors among doctors in rural areas of Shandong Province, China

BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Sun, Qiang ^a   Dyar, Oliver J ^b   Zhao, Lingbo ^a   Tomson, Göran ^c   Nilsson, Lennart E ^d   Grape, Malin ^e   Song, Yanyan ^a   Yan, Ling ^f   Lundborg, Cecilia Stålsby ^c  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTH DEVON DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^f JINAN CENTRAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Attitudes and behavior; China; Prescription; Rural area

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STREPTOGRAMIN DERIVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHOPRIM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMMON COLD; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHINA; COMMON COLD; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PRESCRIPTION DRUG OVERUSE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84938888767     PISSN: 20506511     EISSN: 20506511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40360-015-0009-x     Document Type: Article

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