Online medication purchasing during the Covid-19 pandemic: potential risks to patient safety and the urgent need to develop more rigorous controls for purchasing online medications, a pilot study from the United Arab Emirates
Abstract Background Since the WHO announced that Covid-19 had become a global pandemic, online pharmacies have emerged as an extremely popular way to purchase medication due to the quarantine measures introduced by numerous countries to prevent the virus's spread. Aim The aim of this study was...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-04-01
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Series: | Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40545-021-00320-z |