Drugs used in paediatric outpatients: Do we have enough information available?;Medicamentos utilizados en pediatría extrahospitalaria: ¿Disponemos de información suficiente?

Anales de Pediatria

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 439-446

  Morales Carpi, C ^a,e   Julve Chover, N ^a,b   Carpi Lobaton R ^c   Estan L ^d   Rubio, E ^a,d   Lurbe, E ^a   Morales Olivas, F J ^d  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b Centro de Salud   (Spain)

^c Centro de Salud   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Children; Drug information; Drug use; Off label use

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; OUTPATIENT CARE; SELF MEDICATION;

EID: 44249103772     PISSN: 16954033     EISSN: 16959531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13120040     Document Type: Article

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