Medication errorsan enduring problem for children and elderly patients

Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 309-317

  Zakharov, Sergey ^a,b   Tomas, Navratil ^c   Pelclova, Daniela ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c J HEYROVSKÝ INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Drug overdose; Improper route of administration; Medication errors; Wrong drug administration

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS;

EID: 84864866387     PISSN: 03009734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03009734.2012.659771     Document Type: Article

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