Letter to the Editor

Self-Medication in Mexican Pediatric Patients

1. Bennadi D (2014). Self-medication: A cur-rent challenge. J Basic Clin Pharma, 5: 19-23.
2. World Health Organization (WHO) (2013). Traditional Medicine Strategy 2002–2005. World Health Organization. http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/en/d/Js2297e/4.2.html. Accessed March 3, 2017.
3. Zuzak TJ, Boňková J, Careddu D et al (2013). Use of complementary and alter-native medicine by children in Europe: published data and expert perspectives. Complement Ther Med, 21 Suppl 1: S34-47.
4. Du Y, Knopf H (2009). Self-medication among children and adolescents in Ger-many: results of the National Health Sur-vey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS). Br J Clin Pharmacol, 68: 599-608.
5. Pereira FS, Bucaretchi F, Stephan C, Cor-deiro R (2007). Self-medication in chil-dren and adolescents. J Pediatr (Rio J), 83: 453-8.
6. Bham SQ, Saeed F, Shah MA (2016). Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of mothers on acute respiratory infection in children under five years. Pak J Med Sci, 32: 1557-61.
7. Soriano Hernández R, Reyes-Hernández U, Reyes Hernández D, Reyes Gómez U, García-Galavíz JL, Garzón Sánchez E (2009). Frecuencia de automedicación en niños con infección respiratoria aguda en un área rural. Rev Fac Med UNAM, 52: 110-3.
Files
IssueVol 48 No 12 (2019) QRcode
SectionLetter to the Editor
DOI https://doi.org/10.18502/ijph.v48i12.3563
Keywords
Keywords Keywords Keywords

Rights and permissions
Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
How to Cite
1.
ORTIZ MI, MARTÍNEZ JIMÉNEZ B, RAMÍREZ-HERNÁNDEZ R, CASTELÁN-CAMPOS M de L Ángeles, CARIÑO-CORTÉS R, PONCE-MONTER HA. Self-Medication in Mexican Pediatric Patients. Iran J Public Health. 2019;48(12):2293-2295.