title: USP--promoting the public health.
abstract: As one of the first "national" medical organizations, the first pharmacopeia contributed to a united national public health effort. The USP was the precursor to the American Medical Association. An official USP drug monograph tells manufacturers what constitutes the acceptable identity, quality, strength, and purity of a pharmaceutical product.
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authors.lastname: Carothers
mesh_terms: D016907:Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems; D004346:Drug Information Services; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008508:Medication Errors; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000592:standards*; D010602:Pharmacopoeias as Topic; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations