Out-of-Hospital Administration of Medication without Prescription and Associated Factors among Preschool Children

Out-of-Hospital Administration of Medication without Prescription and Associated Factors among Preschool Children

The increasing trend of administering nonprescribed medicines in children is a significant public health issue. The aim of the present study was to assess the use of medication without a prescription (MWP), including both nonprescribed medication (NPM) and prescription-only medication (POM), and ide...

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Main Authors:	Fotini Andritsou, Vassiliki Benetou, Koralia A. Michail, Nikolaos Pantazis, Ioanna D. Pavlopoulou
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:	BioMed Research International
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/5242048

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