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Adult prescription drug use and pediatric medication exposures and poisonings.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Nontherapeutic medication ingestions continue to be a major pediatric health problem, with recent increases in ingestions despite a number of public health interventions. It is unknown how changes in adult prescription drug use relate to pediatric medication poisonings. The objective of the study was to measure the association between changing adult prescription drug p...
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Nontherapeutic medication ingestions continue to be a major pediatric health problem, with recent increases in ingestions despite a number of public health interventions. It is unknown how changes in adult prescription drug use relate to pediatric medication poisonings. The objective of the study was to measure the association between changing adult prescription drug ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Chemistry
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0009-9147,1530-8561
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/42.8.1356