Overuse of Over-the-Counter Analgesics by Emergency Department Patients

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 315-318

  Heard, Kennon ^a,b   Sloss, David ^b,c   Weber, Stewart ^b,c   Dart, Richard C ^a,b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN POISON AND DRUG CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; IBUPROFEN; NAPROXEN; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PARACETAMOL;

ARTICLE; COMMON COLD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADULT; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ASPIRIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; IBUPROFEN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAPROXEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748033701     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.12.012     Document Type: Article

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