British national formulary for children: The risk of inappropriate paracetamol prescribing

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 279-282

  Eyers, Sally ^a,b   Fingleton, James ^a   Eastwood, Ashley ^a,b   Perrin, Kyle ^a,c   Beasley, Richard ^a,c,d  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NEW ZEALAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c CAPITAL AND COAST DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FORMULARY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACETAMINOPHEN; AGE FACTORS; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANTIPYRETICS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INFANT; MALE; PHARMACOPOEIAS AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84857236319     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-300464     Document Type: Article

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