Admissions to hospital caused by adverse drug reactions: Cross sectional incidence study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 320, Issue 7241, 2000, Pages 1036-

  Pouyanne, Pierre ^a   Haramburu, Françoise ^a   Imbs, Jean Louis ^b   Bégaud, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARDIOTONIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; FEMALE; FRANCE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 0009829065     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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