Medication consumption in the Spanish paediatric population: Related factors and time trend, 1993-2003

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 455-461

  Carrasco Garrido, Pilar ^a   Jiménez García, Rodrigo ^a   Barrera, Valentín Hernández ^a   De Andrés, Ana López ^a   De Miguel, Ángel Gil ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Health survey; Medication use; Paediatric population; Pharmacoepidemiology

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SORE THROAT; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 69949116877     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2009.03449.x     Document Type: Article

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