Self-medication with common household medicines by young adolescents

Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 57-67

  Sloand, Elizabeth Dorothy ^a   Vessey, Judith A ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING; SELF MEDICATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW ENGLAND; PEDIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SCHOOL NURSING; SELF MEDICATION;

EID: 0035240579     PISSN: 01460862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014608601300035625     Document Type: Article

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