Cyber-pharmacies and emerging concerns on marketing drugs online

Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 1-3

  Scaria, Vinod ^a,b  

^a Ctr for Cybermed and Internet Res   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Commerce; Drug; Ethics; Internet; Quality of Health Care

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG QUALITY; ETHICS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; INTERNET; LEGAL ASPECT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; ONLINE MONITORING; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 3142544191     PISSN: 09725997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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