Sale of antibiotics without a prescription at community pharmacies in urban China: A multicentre cross-sectional survey

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1235-1242

  Chang, Jie ^a   Ye, Dan ^a   Lv, Bing ^a   Jiang, Minghuan ^b   Zhu, Shan ^a   Yan, Kangkang ^a   Tian, Yun ^a   Fang, Yu ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese University of Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ADULT ACUTE UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG MARKETING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PEDIATRIC DIARRHEA; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URBAN AREA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STANDARDS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHINA; COMMERCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; HUMANS; PHARMACIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85018308720     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkw519     Document Type: Article

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