Respiratory Medicine
Volume 100, Issue 11 , Pages 2004-2011 , November 2006

Antibiotic prescribing in Australian general practice: How has it changed from 1990–91 to 2002–03?

Received 27 October 2005 ,Accepted 17 February 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2006.02.015

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