Update on counterfeit drugs: A growing risk for public health;Actualisation sur la contrefaçon de médicaments: Une menace croissante pour la santé publique

Bulletin de l'Academie Nationale de Medecine

Volumn 192, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1423-1436

  Juillet, Yves ^a  

^a Leem Les Entreprises du Médicament   (France)

Author keywords

Fraud; Pharmaceutical preparations; Public health; World health organisation

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EUROPEAN UNION; FORGERY; FRANCE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK; SAFETY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COMMERCE; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EUROPEAN UNION; FRANCE; FRAUD; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 67649158661     PISSN: 00014079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0001-4079(19)32691-3     Document Type: Article

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