What Accounts for a Large Increase in Antibiotic Prescribing by Dentists?
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156. What Accounts for a Large Increase in Antibiotic Prescribing by Dentists? David Patrick, MD, MHSc; Fawziah Marra, PharmD; Diana George, MSc; Mei Chong, MSc; John O’Keefe, MDentSci; Edith Blondel-Hill, MD; School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Canadian Dental Association, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Interior Health Authority, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
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