Trends in adrenaline (EpiPen) dispensing in Israel in 1997-2004

Public Health

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 144-147

  Levy, Yael ^a,b   Segal, Nirit ^a   Danon, Yehuda L ^a,b  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adrenaline; Anaphylaxis; Asthma; Children; Food allergy; ICD 10

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; EPIPEN JR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICINE; MORTALITY; REACTION KINETICS;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; SELF INJECTION;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ASTHMA; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG UTILIZATION; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; EPINEPHRINE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INJECTIONS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; ISRAEL; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33846275877     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.08.017     Document Type: Article

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