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Review
. 2009 Mar 24;6(3):e52.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000052.

Guidelines for field surveys of the quality of medicines: a proposal

Paul N Newton  1 , Sue J Lee, Catherine Goodman, Facundo M Fernández, Shunmay Yeung, Souly Phanouvong, Harparkash Kaur, Abdinasir A Amin, Christopher J M Whitty, Gilbert O Kokwaro, Niklas Lindegårdh, Patrick Lukulay, Lisa J White, Nicholas P J Day, Michael D Green, Nicholas J White
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Review

Guidelines for field surveys of the quality of medicines: a proposal

Paul N Newton et al. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

Paul Newton and colleagues propose guidelines for conducting and reporting field surveys of the quality of medicines.

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Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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