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Comparison of Methods of Measuring Pharmacy Sales of Antibiotics without Prescriptions in Pratumthani, Thailand

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Anucha Apisarnthanarak  and
Linda M. Mundy
Anucha Apisarnthanarak*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Thammasat University Hospital, Pratumthani, Thailand
Linda M. Mundy
Affiliation:
Saint Louis University School of Public Health, St Louis, Missouri
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Thammasat University Hospital, Pratumthani 12120, Thailand (anapisarn@yahoo.com)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 11 , November 2009 , pp. 1130 - 1132
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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