Adverse drug reactions (ADR) causing hospital admissions

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Schoenemann, J H ^a   Muller Oerlinghausen B ^b   Munter, K H ^b   Enayati Kashani, S ^c  

^a St Elisabeth Hospital   (Germany)

^b Drug Commn Ger Med Profession   (Germany)

^c Academic Hospital Solingen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reactions (ADR); Hospital admissions; Over the counter drugs

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIGOXIN; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GERMANY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF MEDICATION; VOMITING;

EID: 0031831372     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1557(199808)7:1+3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Conference Paper

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