Infant deaths associated with cough and cold medications - Two states, 2005

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-4

  Srinivasan, A ^a   Budnitz, D ^a   Shehab, N ^a   Cohen, A ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; EPHEDRINE; EXPECTORANT AGENT; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMON COLD; COUGHING; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTOXICATION; MALE; UNITED STATES;

ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANTITUSSIVE AGENTS; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMON COLD; COUGH; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EPHEDRINE; EXPECTORANTS; FEMALE; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NASAL DECONGESTANTS; OVERDOSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846412220     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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