Once again, children are the main victims of fake drugs

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 468-

  Bonati, Maurizio ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUNTERFEIT DRUG; DIETHYLENE GLYCOL; ILLICIT DRUG; PARACETAMOL; SULFANILAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHILD HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; KIDNEY INJURY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ACETAMINOPHEN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG CONTAMINATION; ETHYLENE GLYCOLS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY TUBULAR NECROSIS, ACUTE;

EID: 66749086521     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.158659     Document Type: Short Survey

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