Will spam overwhelm our defenses? Evaluating offerings for drugs and natural health products

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1460-1463

  Gernburd, Peter ^a   Jadad, Alejandro R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; ANATRIM; AZITHROMYCIN; CARISOPRODOL; CELECOXIB; DIAZEPAM; ESOMEPRAZOLE; EXTRA-TIME; FINASTERIDE; HOODIA; LIPOTHIN; MANXL; NATURAL PRODUCT; SERTRALINE; SIBUTRAMINE; SILDENAFIL; TADALAFIL; TRAMADOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZOLPIDEM; ZOLPIDEM TARTRATE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; DRUG;

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; DRUG MARKETING; E-MAIL; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INTERNET; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHODOLOGY;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; INTERNET; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS;

EID: 34848878631     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040274     Document Type: Article

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