Developing a pharmacovigilance system in the Philippines, a country of diverse culture and strong traditional medicine background

Toxicology

Volumn 181-182, Issue , 2002, Pages 103-107

  Hartigan Go, Kenneth ^a  

^a Department of Health   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reactions; Pharmacovigilance; Rational drug use

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

CHINESE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DRUG USE; ETHNOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALING; HERBAL MEDICINE; PHILIPPINES; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARD; SUPPLEMENTATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 17944395814     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(02)00263-9     Document Type: Article

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