Antibiotic Use in Children – A Cross-National Analysis of 6 Countries

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 182, Issue , 2017, Pages 239-244.e1

  Youngster, Ilan ^a   Avorn, Jerry ^b   Belleudi, Valeria ^c   Cantarutti, Anna ^d   Díez Domingo, Javier ^e   Kirchmayer, Ursula ^c   Park, Byung Joo ^f   Peiró, Salvador ^e   Sanfélix Gimeno, Gabriel ^e   Schröder, Helmut ^g   Schüssel, Katrin ^g   Shin, Ju Young ^h   Shin, Sun Mi ^h   Simonsen, Gunnar Skov ⁱ   Blix, Hege Salvesen ^j   Tong, Angela ^b   Trifirò, Gianluca ^k   Ziv Baran, Tomer ^l   Kim, Seoyoung C ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^e Center for Public Health Research   (Spain)

^f Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^g WIdO Institute   (Germany)

^h Korea Institute of Drug Safety and Risk Management   (South Korea)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^j NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^l TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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Author keywords

antibiotics; children; cross national analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; GERMANY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWAY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH KOREA; SPAIN; UNITED STATES; AGE; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERNATIONALITY; ITALY; MALE; NORWAY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85008235236     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.11.027     Document Type: Article

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