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Anna Merla (annamerla)
Section of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health, Department of Experimental and Applied Medicine – University of Brescia (Italy)
 
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Attended Medicine 2.0'11 (Stanford University, USA)
Friday, September 16, 2011 to Sunday, September 18, 2011
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Medicine 2.0'11 (Stanford University, USA)

Drug-selling Websites: a New Scenario in Public Health? A Systematic Review
Anna Merla, Grazia Orizio, Peter J Schulz*, Umberto Gelatti*

Background Drug-Selling Websites (DSWs) are companies that sell pharmaceutical preparations, including prescription-only drugs, on the Internet. Very little is still known about this phenomenon, due to its hidden nature when occurring outside national legislation. The aim of the study was to perform an up-to-date and comprehensive review of scientific literature focusing on the broader picture of DSWs by scanning several scientific and institutional databases, with no publication time limit...

Medicine 2.0'12 (Boston, USA)

An “app” a Day Keeps the Doctor Away? A Systematic Review of the Mobile Phone Application in Primary Prevention.
Umberto Gelatti*, Anna Merla, Enrico Lirangi, Loredana Covolo*

Primary prevention is one of the most important areas of action for improving the population’s health condition and general well-being. It consists of measures taken to prevent diseases or injuries rather than curing them or treating the symptoms. The great diffusion of modern technologies calls for the adoption of new strategies and methods of communication for modifying bad and unhealthy habits in order to obtain permanent changes in people’s behaviour and lifestyle. Very little is know...

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Journal of Medical Internet Research

Quality of Online Pharmacies and Websites Selling Prescription Drugs: A Systematic Review
Grazia Orizio, Anna Merla, Peter J Schulz, Umberto Gelatti
J Med Internet Res 2011;13(3):e74

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