Quality of anti-malarials collected in the private and informal sectors in Guyana and Suriname

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Evans, Lawrence ^a   Coignez, Veerle ^a   Barojas, Adrian ^a   Bempong, Daniel ^a   Bradby, Sanford ^a   Dijiba, Yanga ^a   James, Makeida ^a   Bretas, Gustavo ^b   Adhin, Malti ^c   Ceron, Nicolas ^d   Hinds Semple, Alison ^e   Chibwe, Kennedy ^a   Lukulay, Patrick ^a   Pribluda, Victor ^a  

^a UNITED STATES PHARMACOPEIA   (United States)

^b Pan American Health Organization Ecuador   (Ecuador)

^c ANTON DE KOM UNIVERSITY OF SURINAME   (Suriname)

^d Pan American Health Organization Guyana   (Guyana)

^e Ministry of Health   (Guyana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTECOM; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTEMOS 40; ARTEMOS PLUS; ARTESUNATE; CHLOROQUINE; CO ARINATE; DIHYDROARTEMISININ PLUS PIPERAQUINE; HALOFANTRINE; MEFLOQUINE; PRIMAQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE; QUININE; SULFALENE; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLISTER PACK; DRUG LABELING; DRUG QUALITY; GUYANA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MONOTHERAPY; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES; SURINAME; TABLET FORMULATION;

ANTIMALARIALS; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, ANALYTICAL; EMPLOYMENT; GUYANA; HUMANS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PRIVATE SECTOR; QUALITY CONTROL; SURINAME;

EID: 84862184383     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-203     Document Type: Article

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