Coverage of FDA medication boxed warnings in commonly used drug information resources

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 831-833

  Cheng, Christine M ^a   Guglielmo, B Joseph ^a   Judy, Maselli ^a   Auerbach, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG PACKAGING; DRUG SAFETY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DRUG INFORMATION SERVICES; DRUG LABELING; DRUG TOXICITY; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 77952145192     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.91     Document Type: Letter

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