Quantitative Analysis of Sildenafil and Tadalafil in Various Fake Drugs Recently Distributed in Korea

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1637-1640

  Park, Meejung ^a   Ahn, Suyoun ^a  

^a National Forensic Service   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Counterfeit drugs; Forensic science; High performance liquid chromatography; Korea; Quantitative analysis; Sildenafil; Tadalafil

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868201005     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2012.02164.x     Document Type: Article

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