Assessment of the incidence of substandard drugs in developing countries

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 839-845

  Shakoor, O ^a   Taylor, R B ^a   Behrens, R H ^b  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antimalarial; Counterfeit drugs; Developing countries; Drug quality; Resistance; Substandard drugs; Treatment failure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG DECOMPOSITION; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG QUALITY; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SCREENING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0030827014     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1997.d01-403.x     Document Type: Article

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