Sharing prescription medication among teenage girls: Potential danger to unplanned/undiagnosed pregnancies

Pediatrics

Volumn 111, Issue 5 II, 2003, Pages 1167-1170

  Daniel, Katherine Lyon ^a   Honein, Margaret A ^b   Moore, Cynthia A ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescence; Drug prescriptions; Medication sharing; Teratogens

Indexed keywords

ISOTRETINOIN;

ACNE; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TERATOGENICITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PREGNANCY; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0038640579     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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