Stability of injectable oxytocics in tropical climates
This publication reports the findings of field surveys and simulation studies on ergometrine, methylergometrine and oxytocin, which are used in the treatment and prevention of excessive uterine bleedi...
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Drug Stability, Oxytocics, Ergonovine, Qualidade dos medicamentos
Stability of oral oxytocics in tropical climates: Stability of oral oxytocics in tropical climates: results of simulation studies on oral ergometrine, oral methylergometrine, buccal oxytocin and buccal desamino-oxytocin
It reports on an assessment of stability patterns of common oral oxytocics to evaluate their usefulness in reducing postpartum haemorrhage in tropical areas. Simulation studies assessed the influence ...
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Drug Stability, Oxytocics, Qualidade dos medicamentos
Operational research in the Action Programme on Essential Drugs
This is a report of an informal consultation which reviewed the policies, objectives and strategies of the Action Programme on Essential Drugs' operational research component. Document in pdf format; ...
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Drugs, Essential, Research, Anais de congresso
Operational research on the rational use of drugs
This is a report of an international conferencewhich brought together people wanting to improve the coordination of strategies in operational research related to the rational use of drugs. Document in...
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Drug Utilization, Research, Anais de congresso
People's perceptions and use of drugs in Zimbabwe
It presents the findings of a sociocultural research project to learn more about consumers' attitudes and behavioural patterns with regard to allopathic and traditional medicines; researchers collect...
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Allopathic Practices, Medicine, African Traditional, Drug Utilization
Pharmaceutical in the Americas
It provides an overview of the pharmaceutical situation in the Americas, with the focus on access to drugs, financing policies, and regulation and registration, and a brief analysis of the drug situat...
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Pharmaceutical Preparations/economics, Drug Industry, Legislation, Drug, Americas
Pharmaceutical policy of the Andean sub-region
It provides an outline of the consensus which has been reached in the Andean countries on a common pharmaceutical policy, and describes various aspects of pharmaceutical policy, including legislation,...
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Pharmaceutical Preparations/supply & distribution, Pharmaceutical Preparations/economics, Drug Industry, Drug Utilization, Legislation, Drug
Procedure for the selection of recommended international nonproprietary names for pharmaceutical substances
It presents the procedures which shall be followed by the World Health Organization in the selection of recommended international nonproprietary names for pharmaceutical substances, in accordance with...
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Pharmaceutical Preparations, Drugs, Generic
The 1990s in Latin America: another decade of persistent inequality, but with somewhat lower poverty
"...This paper processes 76 household surveys from 17 Latin American countries to document changes in poverty and inequality during the 1990s. We show that there is no country in Latin America where i...
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Equity, Poverty, Social Conditions, House income, Equity, Living Conditions
Material living conditions and health in the United States, Canada and Western Europe: Review of recent literature and bibliography
Literature and bibliography in United States,Canada and Western Erurop about Living conditions and Health.
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Social Conditions, Equity, Equity, Living Conditions