The gripe water story

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 172-174

  Blumenthal, Ivan ^a  

^a ROYAL OLDHAM HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ASPARTAME; BICARBONATE; DICYCLOVERINE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COLIC; CRYING; DRUG FORMULATION; GRIPE WATER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA; REVIEW; SWEETNESS;

EID: 0034001511     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014107680009300404     Document Type: Review

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