Off-label medicine use in children and adolescents: Results of a population-based study in Germany

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Knopf, Hildtraud ^a   Wolf, Ingrid Katharina ^a   Sarganas, Giselle ^b   Zhuang, Wanli ^a   Rascher, Wolfgang ^c   Neubert, Antje ^c  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; KiGGS study; Off label; Paediatric; Under dosing

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD WELFARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SELF MEDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; OFF-LABEL USE; PREVALENCE; SELF MEDICATION;

EID: 84879809132     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-631     Document Type: Article

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