One community's perspective on the withdrawal of cough and cold medications for infants and young children

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 310-315

  Yaghmai, Beryl F ^a   Cordts, Casey ^b   Ahlers Schmidt, Carolyn R ^a   Issa, Brenda A ^a   Warren, Ramona C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Administration and dosage; Child; Common cold drug therapy; Cough drug therapy; Health surveys; Infant; Nonprescription drugs

Indexed keywords

ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BALNEOTHERAPY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMON COLD; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DRUG USE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; HUMIDIFIER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PEDIATRICIAN; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; VAPORIZER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMON COLD; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PARENTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SAFETY-BASED DRUG WITHDRAWALS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 77952999833     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922809347776     Document Type: Article

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