Taking the sting out of shots: Control of vaccination-associated pain and adverse reactions

Pediatric Annals

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 375-386

  Reis, Evelyn Cohen ^a   Jacobson, Robert M ^b   Tarbell, Sally ^c   Weniger, Bruce G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; CHLOROETHANE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; EMLA; IBUPROFEN; LIDOCAINE; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COOLING; CREAM; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG FEVER; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; INJECTION PAIN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; IONTOPHORESIS; JET INJECTION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NEEDLE; PARESTHESIA; REVIEW; TRANSDERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VACCINATION;

EID: 0031834831     PISSN: 00904481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0090-4481-19980601-12     Document Type: Review

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