“Antibiotics Are Not Automatic Anymore”—The French National Campaign To Cut Antibiotic Overuse
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Benedikt Huttner and Stephan Harbarth discuss the implications of a new study that examined the impact of a national campaign in France to reduce antibiotic overuse.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- PLoS Medicine
دوره 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009