Safety of "inert" additives or excipients in paediatric medicines

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Nahata, Milap C ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIOXIDANT; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; BENZOIC ACID; BENZYL ALCOHOL; DEXAMETHASONE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; ENOXAPARIN; EXCIPIENT; FERROUS SULFATE; FUROSEMIDE; GLYCOL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDAZOLAM; ONDANSETRON; PARACETAMOL; PHENOBARBITAL; PREDNISOLONE; PROPYLENE; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; RANITIDINE; SORBITOL;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SAFETY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; BENZYL ALCOHOL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHANOL; EXCIPIENTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; SORBITOL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350462578     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.160192     Document Type: Short Survey

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