Oral outpatient chemotherapy medication errors in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Cancer

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1400-1406

  Taylor, James A ^a,b   Winter, Laura ^a   Geyer, Leah J ^a   Hawkins, Douglas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Children; Leukemia; Medication errors; Outpatients; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; TIOGUANINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; DRUG DISPENSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICATION ERROR; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARENT; PEDIATRICIAN; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

6-MERCAPTOPURINE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEXAMETHASONE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MEDICATION ERRORS; METHOTREXATE; OUTPATIENTS; PREDNISONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THIOGUANINE;

EID: 33749024430     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.22131     Document Type: Review

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