Cold preparation use in young children after FDA warnings: Do concerns still exist?

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 534-539

  Lazarus, Sarah Gard ^a   Lanski, Steven L ^a,b,c   Smith, Ashley S ^b   Simon, Harold K ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^c Regional Children's Hospital at Providence   (United States)

Author keywords

cough; emergency medicine; over the counter (OTC); parenting education

Indexed keywords

DIMETAPP; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; GUAIFENESIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRIAMINIC;

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMMON COLD; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHINACEA; FALLING; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HONEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

COUGH; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; OVER-THE-COUNTER (OTC); PARENTING EDUCATION;

ANTITUSSIVE AGENTS; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMON COLD; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG PACKAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NASAL DECONGESTANTS; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84877934400     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922813482761     Document Type: Article

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