Emergency epinephrine use for food allergy reactions in Chicago Public Schools

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 170-173

  DeSantiago Cardenas, Lilliana ^a   Rivkina, Victoria ^a   Whyte, Stephanie A ^a   Harvey Gintoft, Blair C ^a   Bunning, Bryan J ^a   Gupta, Ruchi S ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BRONCHODILATING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOINJECTOR; CHILD; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SELF INJECTION; UNITED STATES; ANAPHYLAXIS; EMERGENCY; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; INJECTION; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; URBAN POPULATION;

ANAPHYLAXIS; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHICAGO; EMERGENCIES; EPINEPHRINE; FACULTY; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84921312288     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2014.09.005     Document Type: Article

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