Preventing medication overdoses in young children: An opportunity for harm elimination

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Budnitz, Daniel S ^a   Salis, Spencer ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

CHILD RESISTANT CONTAINER; CHILD RESISTANT PACKAGING; CHILD SAFETY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG LABELING; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG PACKAGING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STORAGE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INGESTION; MORBIDITY; NOTE; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; OVERDOSE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957915390     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-0926     Document Type: Note

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