Telemedicine as an effective intervention to improve antibiotic appropriateness prescription and to reduce costs in pediatrics
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Telemedicine as an effective intervention to improve antibiotic appropriateness prescription and to reduce costs in pediatrics
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عنوان ژورنال: Italian Journal of Pediatrics
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1824-7288
DOI: 10.1186/s13052-017-0423-3