Brands, costs and registration status of antimalarial drugs in the Kenyan retail sector

Malaria Journal

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Amin, Abdinasir A ^a   Snow, Robert W ^a,b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; AMOWIN; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISIN; BENFLUMETOL; CHLOROQUINE; FALCIDIN; FANSIDAR; HALOFANTRINE; LANSIDAR; MALARATAB; MARATAB; MEFLOQUINE; METAKELFIN; PYRIMETHAMINE; QUININE; SUDORIN; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; VANIDA; ZENTAKELFIN;

ARTICLE; DRUG COST; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; KENYA; LEGAL ASPECT; MALARIA; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; REGISTER;

ANTIMALARIALS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; DRUG COSTS; HUMANS; KENYA; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHARMACIES; PRESCRIPTION FEES; PRODUCT SURVEILLANCE, POSTMARKETING; REGISTRIES;

EID: 23944467543     PISSN: 14752875     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-4-36     Document Type: Article

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