The incidence of drug-related problems as a cause of hospital admissions in children

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 169, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 356-359

  Easton, Kylie L ^a   Parsons, Barry J ^b,c,d   Starr, Michael ^e   Brien, Jo Anne E ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Poisons Information Centre

^d Hospital Supplies of Australia   (Australia)

^e Dept of Microbiol and Infect Dis ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032487482     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1998.tb126802.x     Document Type: Article

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