Drug utilisation in outpatient children. A comparison among Tenerife, Valencia, and Barcelona (Spain), Toulouse (France), Sofia (Bulgaria), Bratislava (Slovakia) and Smolensk (Russia)

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 127-134

  Sanz, E ^a   Hernandez M A ^a   Ratchina, S ^b   Stratchounsky, L ^b   Peire M A ^c   Lapeyre Mestre, M ^d   Horen, B ^d   Kriska, M ^e   Krajnakova, H ^e   Momcheva, H ^f   Encheva, D ^f   Martinez Mir I ^g   Palop, V ^h  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b VOLGOGRAD STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^e Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^f Ministry of Health Sofia   (Bulgaria)

^g HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL DE LA RIBERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Children; Drug utilisation; Outpatient

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; FOSFOMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; BULGARIA; CHILD; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OTITIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; PEDIATRICIAN; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SKIN DISEASE; SLOVAKIA; SPAIN; TONSILLITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URBAN AREA;

BULGARIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FRANCE; HUMANS; OUTPATIENTS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUSSIA; SLOVAKIA; SPAIN;

EID: 2442541246     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-004-0739-y     Document Type: Article

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