Compliance aids and medicine stability: New evidence of quality assurance

Current Drug Safety

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 74-78

  Glass, Beverly Dawn ^a   Haywood, Alison ^b   Llewelyn, Victoria ^a   Mangan, Martina ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compliance aid; Dose administration aid; Quality; Safety; Stability; Storage

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; FUROSEMIDE; PANAMAX; PARACETAMOL; PHENAZOPYRIDINE; PROCHLORPERAZINE; PROCHLORPERAZINE MALEATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID; DRUG;

DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG PACKAGING; DRUG QUALITY; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STORAGE; DRUG USE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUSTRALIA; DRUG PACKAGING; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STORAGE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; QUALITY CONTROL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 63249117069     PISSN: 15748863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157488609787354459     Document Type: Review

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