Medication Overdoses Leading to Emergency Department Visits Among Children

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 181-187

  Schillie, Sarah F ^a,b   Shehab, Nadine ^b   Thomas, Karen E ^a   Budnitz, Daniel S ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; INSULIN; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; PARACETAMOL; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; VITAMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONSUMER; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INGESTION; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG TOXICITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OVERDOSE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68149136457     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.05.018     Document Type: Article

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