Informational content of official pharmaceutical industry web sites about treatments for erectile dysfunction

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2029-2034

  Waack, Katherine E ^a   Ernst, Michael E ^a,b,c   Graber, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Advertising; Drug industry; Drug information services; Impotence; Internet; Patient education

Indexed keywords

GENERIC DRUG;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG MARKETING; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADVERTISING; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG INFORMATION SERVICES; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 12844258086     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1E251     Document Type: Review

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