Medication use among children <12 years of age in the United States: Results from the Slone Survey

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 446-454

  Vernacchio, Louis ^a   Kelly, Judith P ^a   Kaufman, David W ^a   Mitchell, Allen A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug utilization; Over the counter drugs

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; FLUORIDE; IBUPROFEN; IRON; MULTIVITAMIN; PARACETAMOL; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; SALBUTAMOL;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67749114319     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-2869     Document Type: Article

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