Monitoring adverse drug reactions in children using community pharmacies: A pilot study

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 677-683

  Stewart, Derek ^c   Helms, Peter ^b   McCaig, Dorothy ^c   Bond, Christine ^b   McLay, James ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reactions; Children; Community; Parental; Pharmacy; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; IBUPROFEN; PARACETAMOL; SALBUTAMOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANGER; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL PHARMACY; COMMUNITY CARE; COUGHING; CRYING; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DRUG MONITORING; EPISTAXIS; FATIGUE; FEVER; HAIR LOSS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVOUSNESS; NEWBORN; PILOT STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL STATUS; SQUEAMISHNESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; WHEEZING;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PARENTS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; SCOTLAND;

EID: 20644444107     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2005.02424.x     Document Type: Article

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