Quality of anti-malarial drugs provided by public and private healthcare providers in south-east Nigeria

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Onwujekwe, Obinna ^a   Kaur, Harparkash ^b   Dike, Nkem ^a,c   Shu, Elvis ^a   Uzochukwu, Benjamin ^a   Hanson, Kara ^b   Okoye, Viola ^a   Okonkwo, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTESUNATE; CHLOROQUINE; DIHYDROARTEMISININ; FANSIDAR; QUININE;

ARTICLE; DRUG FORMULARY; DRUG QUALITY; DRUG SOLUBILITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALARIA; NIGERIA; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PHARMACY; PLASMODIUM; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALARIA; NIGERIA; PHARMACIES; PHARMACOPOEIAS AS TOPIC; PLASMODIUM; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 61649110755     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-22     Document Type: Article

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