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Antimicrobial Drugs in the Home, United Kingdom

A total of 6% of 6,983 households in the United Kingdom had leftover antimicrobial drugs, and 4% had standby antimicrobial drugs. Respondents with leftover drugs were more educated, more knowledgeable about antimicrobial drugs, younger, and female. Of respondents with leftover drugs, 44% kept them i...

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Autores principales: McNulty, Cliodna A.M., Boyle, Paul, Nichols, Tom, Clappison, Douglas P., Davey, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3290930/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17176566
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1210.051471
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description A total of 6% of 6,983 households in the United Kingdom had leftover antimicrobial drugs, and 4% had standby antimicrobial drugs. Respondents with leftover drugs were more educated, more knowledgeable about antimicrobial drugs, younger, and female. Of respondents with leftover drugs, 44% kept them in case of future need, and 18% had taken these drugs without medical advice.
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spelling pubmed-32909302012-03-06 Antimicrobial Drugs in the Home, United Kingdom McNulty, Cliodna A.M. Boyle, Paul Nichols, Tom Clappison, Douglas P. Davey, Peter Emerg Infect Dis Research A total of 6% of 6,983 households in the United Kingdom had leftover antimicrobial drugs, and 4% had standby antimicrobial drugs. Respondents with leftover drugs were more educated, more knowledgeable about antimicrobial drugs, younger, and female. Of respondents with leftover drugs, 44% kept them in case of future need, and 18% had taken these drugs without medical advice. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3290930/ /pubmed/17176566 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1210.051471 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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McNulty, Cliodna A.M.
Boyle, Paul
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Davey, Peter
Antimicrobial Drugs in the Home, United Kingdom
title Antimicrobial Drugs in the Home, United Kingdom
title_full Antimicrobial Drugs in the Home, United Kingdom
title_fullStr Antimicrobial Drugs in the Home, United Kingdom
title_full_unstemmed Antimicrobial Drugs in the Home, United Kingdom
title_short Antimicrobial Drugs in the Home, United Kingdom
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3290930/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17176566
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1210.051471
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