Magic bullet gone astray: Medications and the Internet

Science

Volumn 305, Issue 5683, 2004, Pages 481-

  Veronin, Michael A ^a   Youan, Bi Botti C ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; SIMVASTATIN;

INTERNET; MEDICINE;

CONSUMER; CONTROL STRATEGY; CONTROL SYSTEM; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG SOLUBILITY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERNET; PHARMACY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SHORT SURVEY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DRUG CONTAMINATION; LAW; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

COMMERCE; DRUG CONTAMINATION; INTERNET; LEGISLATION, PHARMACY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACIES; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PUBLIC POLICY; SIMVASTATIN; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 3242889894     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1097355     Document Type: Short Survey

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18. Details are in the supporting online material.
19. We thank E. Lee and E. N. Lewis from Spectral Dimensions, Inc., Olney, MD, for the imaging.