Prevalence of counterfeit anthelminthic medicines: A cross-sectional survey in Cambodia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 639-644

  Khan, Mohiuddin Hussain ^a   Okumura, Junko ^b   Sovannarith, Tey ^c   Nivanna, Nam ^c   Akazawa, Manabu ^a   Kimura, Kazuko ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c National Health Product Quality Control Center   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Anthelminthics; Cambodia; Counterfeit drugs; Cross sectional survey

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; MEBENDAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE;

MEDICINE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; REGULATORY APPROACH;

ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG LABELING; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG PACKAGING; DRUG QUALITY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PATENT; REGISTRATION;

ANTHELMINTICS; CAMBODIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG INDUSTRY; FRAUD; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL;

CAMBODIA;

EID: 77950677881     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02494.x     Document Type: Article

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