Trends in antibiotic prescribing by dental practitioners in Germany

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1854-1859

  Halling, Frank ^a,b   Neff, Andreas ^b   Heymann, Paul ^b   Ziebart, Thomas ^b  

^a Gesundheitszentrum Fulda   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Dentists; Germany; International comparison; Prescriptions

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; PENICILLIN V; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DENTIST; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; PRESCRIPTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLINDAMYCIN; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; GERMANY; HUMANS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, DENTISTS'; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS';

EID: 85029556738     PISSN: 10105182     EISSN: 18784119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2017.08.010     Document Type: Article

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