Drug safety information through the internet: The experience of an Italian website

Drug Safety

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 245-253

  Polimeni, Giovanni ^a   Russo, Alessandra ^b   Catania, Maria Antonietta ^b   Aiello, Andrea ^b   Oteri, Alessandro ^b   Trifirò, Gianluca ^b   Calapai, Gioacchino ^b   Sautebin, Lidia ^c   Iacobelli, Massimo ^d   Caputi, Achille P ^a,b  

^a IRCCS CENTRO NEUROLESI BONINO PULEJO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d Fondazione Gianfranco Ferro   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DRUG SAFETY; E-MAIL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERNET; ITALY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; ITALY; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRODUCT SURVEILLANCE, POSTMARKETING; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 63849133269     PISSN: 01145916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00002018-200932030-00007     Document Type: Article

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