The safety effects of child-resistant packaging for oral prescription drugs: Two decades of experience

JAMA

Volumn 275, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 1661-1665

  Rodgers, Gregory B ^a  

^a US Consumer Product Safety Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEATH; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG STORAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029972135     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.275.21.1661     Document Type: Article

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