Preservatives can produce harmful effects in paediatric drug preparations

Pharmacy in Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 101-108

  Rabiu, Olufemi ^a   Forsey, Paul ^b   Patel, Sanjay ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; BENZOIC ACID; BENZYL ALCOHOL; CHLORBUTOL; CHLOROFORM; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; EDETATE DISODIUM; EYE DROPS; GENTAMICIN; HEPARIN; METHYL PARABEN; PARENTERAL SOLUTION; PHENYLMERCURIC NITRATE; PRESERVATIVE; PROPYL PARABEN; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THIOMERSAL;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BRONCHOSPASM; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STORAGE; DRUG USE; EVAPORATION; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; KIDNEY TUMOR; LIVER TUMOR; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEWBORN DEATH; NONHUMAN; PEDIATRICS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 2542417917     PISSN: 13581538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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