Is non-therapeutic aspirin use in children a problem in South Africa?

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 823-828

  Donald, Kirsten ^a   Hall, Susan ^a   Seaton, Cylene ^a   Tanyanyiwa, Donald ^b  

^a RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; REYE SYNDROME; SOUTH AFRICA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ASPIRIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; POISONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALICYLATES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 80655129237     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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