Pediatric polypharmacy: Time to lock the medicine cabinet?

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 91-92

  Morden, Nancy E ^a,b   Goodman, David ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

APPENDECTOMY; ASTHMA; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EDITORIAL; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; PAIN; PEDIATRICS; POLYPHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYPHARMACY;

EID: 84855303453     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.162     Document Type: Editorial

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