Quality of essential drugs in tropical countries: Evaluation of antimalarial drugs in the Brazilian health system;Qualidade de medicamentos essenciais em países tropicais: Avaliação de medicamentos antimaláricos no sistema de saúde do Brasil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 582-586

  Nogueira, Fernando Henrique Andrade ^a   Moreira Campos, Lígia Maria ^a   dos Santos, Roseli la Corte ^b   Pianetti, Gerson Antônio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimalarial drugs; Brazilian amazon; Drug stability; Drug storage; Malaria; Quality control

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; ESSENTIAL DRUG; MEFLOQUINE; PRIMAQUINE; QUININE SULFATE;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG PACKAGING; DRUG QUALITY; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STORAGE; HEALTH CENTER; IN VITRO STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; TABLET FORMULATION; TROPICS;

ANTIMALARIALS; BRAZIL; CHLOROQUINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DRUG STORAGE; DRUGS, ESSENTIAL; HUMANS; MEFLOQUINE; PRIMAQUINE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUININE;

EID: 81555219732     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822011000500010     Document Type: Article

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