Medication errors in the ambulatory treatment of pediatric attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 552-560

  Bundy, David G ^a   Rinke, Michael L ^b   Shore, Andrew D ^b   Hicks, Rodney W ^c,d   Morlock, Laura L ^b   Miller, Marlene R ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c United States Pharmacopeia

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC UPTAKE INHIBITORS; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 52749089388     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(08)34070-7     Document Type: Article

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