Drug use profile in outpatient children and adolescents in different Italian regions

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Piovani, Daniele ^a   Clavenna, Antonio ^a   Bonati, Maurizio ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Children; Drug utilisation; Outpatient; Prescription

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; BECLOMETASONE; BETAMETHASONE; CEFACLOR; CEFIXIME; CETIRIZINE; CLARITHROMYCIN; FLUNISOLIDE; LEVOCETIRIZINE; SALBUTAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; ITALY; LATITUDE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 84875690438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-13-46     Document Type: Article

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