Implementation of basic quality control tests for malaria medicines in Amazon Basin countries: Results for the 2005-2010 period

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Pribluda, Victor S ^a   Barojas, Adrian ^a   Ãez, Arletta ^b   Lápez, Cecilia G ^c   Figueroa, Ruth ^d   Herrera, Roxana ^e   Nakao, Gladys ^f   Nogueira, Fernando H A ^g   Pianetti, Gerson A ^g   Povoa, Marinete M ^h   Viana, Giselle M R ^h   Gomes, Margarete S Mendonça ⁱ   Escobar, Jose P ^j   Sierra, Olga L Mũoz ^k   Norena, Susana P Rendon ^k   Veloz, Raúl ^l   Bravo, Marcy Silva ^l   Aldás, Martha R ^m   Hindssemple, Alison ⁿ   Collins, Marilyn ⁿ   Ceron, Nicolas ^o   Krishnalall, Karanchand ^p   Adhin, Malti ^q   Bretas, Gustavo ^r   Hernandez, Nelly ^d   Mendoza, Marjorie ^d   Smine, Abdelkrim ^s   Chibwe, Kennedy ^a   Lukulay, Patrick ^a   Evans, Lawrence ^a   more..

^a UNITED STATES PHARMACOPEIA   (United States)

^b PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Bolivia)

^c Instituto Nacional de Laboratorios de Salud Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^d Gerencia de Salud Yacuiba ^*  (Venezuela)

^e Servicio Departamental de Salud   (Bolivia)

^f Gerencia de Salud   (Bolivia)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^h INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

ⁱ Laboratário de Controle da Qualidade de Medicamentos   (Brazil)

^j PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Colombia)

^k Laboratorio Departamental de Salud Pública   (Colombia)

^l Sistema Nacional de Control de Enfermedades Transmitidas por Vectores Artrópodos   (Ecuador)

^m Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica e Investigacion Leopoldo Izquieta Perez   (Ecuador)

ⁿ Ministry of Health   (Guyana)

^o PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Guyana)

^p Vector Control Unit   (Guyana)

^q ANTON DE KOM UNIVERSITY OF SURINAME   (Suriname)

^r PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Ecuador)

^s Promoting the Quality of Medicines Program   (Morocco)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ARTECOM; ARTEMETHER; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTEMISININ; ARTESUNATE; CHLOROQUINE; DIHYDROARTEMISININ; DOXYCYCLINE; MEFLOQUINE; PIPERAQUINE; PRIMAQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; QUININE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; BRAZIL; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ECUADOR; GUYANA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL; SURINAME; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; VENEZUELA;

ANTIMALARIALS; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, ANALYTICAL; HUMANS; MALARIA; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84862195140     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-202     Document Type: Article

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