Adrenaline autoinjectors and schoolchildren: A community based study

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 26-27

  Blyth, T P ^a   Sundrum, R ^a  

^a Mental Health NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGY; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SELF INJECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EPINEPHRINE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUT HYPERSENSITIVITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; SYRINGES;

EID: 0036461192     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.86.1.26     Document Type: Article

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