Sugar content in liquid oral medicines for children

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 486-489

  Glazer Peres, Karen ^a,c   Teixeira Oliveira, Caroline ^a   Aurélio Peres, Marco ^b   dos Santos Raymundo, Melissa ^b   Fett, Roseane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^c UFSC ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Administration, oral; Drug evaluation; Pediatrics; Pharmaceutical preparations, analysis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTISONE; NEO MOXILIN; PARACETAMOL; SACCHARIN SODIUM; SORBITOL; SUCROSE; SUGAR; TILEKIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG USE; HUMAN; LIQUID; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PEDIATRICS; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYRUP;

EID: 23944514962     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102005000300022     Document Type: Article

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