| Literature DB >> 85178 |
D W Harris, D S Karandikar, M G Spencer, R H Leach, A C Bower, G A Mander.
Abstract
In a returned-medicines campaign lasting 3 weeks 362000 tablets and capsules were returned in 11400 containers from a population of 1.05 million. This yield was considered low. A comparison of hospital admission figures for childhood poisoning before, during, and immediately after the campaign suggests that the publicity and the destruction of unwanted medicines had little preventive value. The quantities of different medicines returned were roughly proportional to the quantities prescribed.Entities:
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Year: 1979 PMID： 85178 DOI： 10.1016/s0140-6736(79)91020-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Lancet ISSN： 0140-6736 Impact factor: 79.321