The rationale, organisation and evaluation of a campaign to increase the use of sugar-free paediatric medicines

Community Dental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 36-40

  Bentley, Elaine ^a   Mackie, Iain ^a   Fuller, Sabrina S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b TAMESIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health education; Health professionals; Sugar free medicines

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CARIOGENIC AGENT; DRUG VEHICLE; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PARACETAMOL; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PARENT; PEDIATRICS; PHARMACIST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VEHICLES;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARIOGENIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG UTILIZATION; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; ENGLAND; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PAMPHLETS; PARENTS; PEDIATRICS; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENTS; VEHICLES;

EID: 0031085961     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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