Fake artesunate in southeast Asia

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Volumn 357, Issue 9272, 2001, Pages 1948-1950

  Newton, Paul ^a,b   Proux, Stephane ^a,b,c   Green, Michael ^d   Smithuis, Frank ^e   Rozendaal, Jan ^g   Prakongpan, Sompol ^a   Chotivanich, Kesinee ^a   Mayxay, Mayfong ^a   Looareesuwan, Sornchai ^a   Farrar, Jeremy ^b,f   Nosten, Francois ^a,b,c   White, Nicholas J ^a,b,c  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^f Centre for Tropical Diseases Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

^g European Commission/Cambodia Malaria Control Project   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTESUNATE;

ARTICLE; BLISTER PACK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COST; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG PACKAGING; DRUG SCREENING; FORGERY; HUMAN; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STAINING; TABLET FORMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0035897913     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)05085-6     Document Type: Article

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4. Jail for sellers of fake Viagra