Symposium on better medicines for children: Report from the 25th international congress of pediatrics, Athens, Greece

Pediatric Drugs

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 357-360

  Schaller, Jane G ^a   Lie, Sverre O ^b   Hoppu, Kalle ^c  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Drug information

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; GENERIC DRUG;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICINE; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRICIAN; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS;

EID: 36749090573     PISSN: 11745878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00148581-200709060-00002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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