Can Improving Knowledge of Antibiotic-Associated Adverse Drug Events Reduce Parent and Patient Demand for Antibiotics?

Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Roberts, Rebecca M ^a   Albert, Alison P ^b   Johnson, Darcia D ^a   Hicks, Lauri A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

adverse drug events; antibiotics; focus groups; upper respiratory infections

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979661239     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23333928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2333392814568345     Document Type: Article

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