Selling drugs online: Distribution-related legal/ regulatory issues

International Marketing Review

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 432-449

  Spain, Judith W ^a   Siegel, Carolyn F ^a   Ramsey, Rosemary ^b  

^a EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drugs companies; Internet; Marketing; Product liability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0442328900     PISSN: 02651335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000005935     Document Type: Article

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