Paracetamol: Balancing risk against benefit [1]

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 831-832

  Dargan, Paul ^a   Jones, Alison ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDOTE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; IBUPROFEN; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ANALGESIA; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL STUDY; DEATH; DENMARK; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG PACKAGING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SELECTIVITY; DRUG USE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEGAL ASPECT; LETTER; LIVER DISEASE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MORTALITY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036924793     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/95.12.831     Document Type: Letter

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