The challenge of drug shortages for emergency medicine

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 598-602

  Tyler, Linda S ^a,b   Fox, Erin R ^a   Caravati, E Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; ETOMIDATE; FENTANYL; NALOXONE; PROCHLORPERAZINE; SNAKE VENOM; SUXAMETHONIUM; TETANUS TOXOID; VENOM ANTISERUM;

DRUG MANUFACTURE; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INVENTORY CONTROL; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036900572     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2002.129127     Document Type: Article

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