'Breaking the bureaucracy': Drug registration and neocolonial relations in Egypt

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1487-1494

  Rubinstein, Robert A ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug policy; Egypt; Neocolonialism; Pharmaceutical companies

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; DRUGS REGISTRATION; PHARMACEUTICALS INDUSTRY;

ARTICLE; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG MARKETING; EGYPT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; PRESCRIPTION; REGISTRATION;

DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG INDUSTRY; EGYPT; HUMANS; PUBLIC POLICY;

EGYPT;

EID: 0031800226     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)10147-2     Document Type: Article

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