Association between Antibiotic Resistance and Community Prescribing: A Critical Review of Bias and Confounding in Published Studies
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- 15 September 2001
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 33 (s3) , S193-S205
- https://doi.org/10.1086/321848
Abstract
The reported association between antibiotic prescribing and resistance may be subject to bias or confounding. Bias describes any effect at any stageKeywords
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