Use of medications and vitamin-mineral supplements by children and youths.

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• Alternative Title:
  Public Health Rep
• Personal Author:
  Kovar, Mary Grace
• Description:
  The National Health Interview Survey was administered in 1981 to a national probability sample of approximately 42,000 families. The questions on the Child Health Supplement of the survey were asked about one child in each family that had a child under age 18. The supplement included a series of questions about prescription and nonprescription medications and vitamin and mineral supplements. The respondents supplied information on 15,416 children under age 18. About two-thirds of the children had had some form of medication or vitamin-mineral supplement during any 2-week period in 1981. About one-third of the children were using medications that had been prescribed or recommended by a physician. About 17 percent of the children had been taking medication (excluding vitamin-mineral supplements) daily or nearly every day for the previous 3 months. Use of medications varied by age group. About one-fourth of the children 0-2 years were being given two or more physician-prescribed or -recommended medications or supplements. Use of medications was highest in the first quarter of the year.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Age Factors Child Child, Preschool Drug Therapy Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Research Article Seasons Surveys And Questionnaires Vitamins

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• Source:
  Public Health Rep. 100(5):470-473
• Pubmed ID:
  3931160
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMCnull
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  100
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Public Health Reports
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  urn:sha256:8db8ff0d7b3fad407140b32a811bfc9e698bfaba7feb579ff5202953fa9ad498
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/66256/cdc_66256_DS1.pdf
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