Antibiotic resistance: What are the opportunities for primary care in alleviating the crisis?

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 3, Issue FEB, 2015, Pages

  Hansen, Malene Plejdrup ^a   Hoffmann, Tammy C ^a   McCullough, Amanda R ^a   van Drie, Mieke L ^b   Del Mar, Chris B ^a  

^a BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Behavior; Prescriptions; Primary care; Probiotic; Steroids

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987955168     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2015.00035     Document Type: Review

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