Quality of pharmaceutical advertisements in medical journals: A systematic review

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Othman, Noordin ^a,b   Vitry, Agnes ^a   Roughead, Elizabeth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE DATABASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDITY; PUBLISHING; STANDARD;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL;

EID: 67749111998     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006350     Document Type: Review

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