Antibiotic use in rural China: A cross-sectional survey of knowledge, attitudes and self-reported practices among caregivers in Shandong province

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ding, Lilu ^a,d   Sun, Qiang ^a   Sun, Weishuai ^a   Du, Yihui ^a   Li, Yue ^a   Bian, Xuefeng ^b   He, Guiqin ^c   Bai, Huidong ^c   Dyar, Oliver J ^d  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jinan Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c Yanggu County Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antibiotic use; Caregivers; China; KAP

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFRADINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHINA; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; AGED; CHILD CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84953835089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-1323-z     Document Type: Article

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