Use of medicines and other products for therapeutic purposes among children in Brazil

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of the use of medicines and other products for therapeutic purposes in the Brazilian pediatric population and test whether demographic, socioeconomic and health factors are associated with use. METHODS A cross-sectional population-based study (National...

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Main Authors: Tatiane da Silva Dal Pizzol, Noemia Urruth Leão Tavares, Andréa Dâmaso Bertoldi, Mareni Rocha Farias, Paulo Sergio Dourado Arrais, Luiz Roberto Ramos, Maria Auxiliadora Oliveira, Vera Lucia Luiza, Sotero Serrate Mengue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102016000300312&lng=en&tlng=en