Antimicrobial stewardship and public knowledge of antibiotics

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1000-1001

  Hwang, Thomas J ^a   Gibbs, Karine A ^b   Podolsky, Scott H ^c,d   Linder, Jeffrey A ^e  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Francis Countway Library of Medicine   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; VIRUS INFECTION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DRUG UTILIZATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMERCE; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMANS;

EID: 84939803933     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00235-2     Document Type: Letter

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