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Use of antibiotics in children younger than two years in eight countries: a prospective cohort study

The objective of the study is to describe the frequency and factors associated with antibiotic use in early childhood, and estimate the proportion of diarrhoea and respiratory illnesses episodes treated with antibiotics.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
01/01/2017
Elizabeth T Rogawski, James A Platts-Mills, Jessica C Seidman & et al
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
95
1
49-61
Tags:
Antibiotics, Child Health, Diarrhoea, Respiratory Diseases, India, Bangladesh, Brazil, Nepal, Pakistan, Africa, Peru, Tanzania, South Africa, Health Care