Use of over-the-counter medicines for young children in Australia

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 5-9

  Trajanovska, Misel ^a,b   Manias, Elizabeth ^a   Cranswick, Noel ^c,d   Johnston, Linda ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Critical Care and Neurosciences ^*

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child; Over the counter medicine; Parent

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIPRURITIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; BROMPHENIRAMINE; CETIRIZINE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE MALEATE; CHOLINE SALICYLATE; CLOTRIMAZOLE; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; EMOLLIENT AGENT; EXPECTORANT AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE ACETATE; IBUPROFEN; MICONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE NITRATE; MUCOLYTIC AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PHENYLEPHRINE; POLOXAMER; SKIN PROTECTIVE AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STOMACH SECRETION INHIBITOR; TOPICAL AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZINC OXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COMMON COLD SYMPTOM; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SKIN IRRITATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76249124376     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2009.01609.x     Document Type: Article

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