What do Spaniards read about the prudent use of anti-microbial agents and what do they really do?
Objectives: The prudent use of antibiotics (PUA) is promoted not only by public information campaigns, but also in the printed media and on websites. This study assesses the correspondence between PUA information in the Spanish printed media and on websites and the messages put out by national campa...
| Publicado en: | Psychology, Health & Medicine Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 201 - 211 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Mar2014
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