Asymmetric assessments in valuing pharmaceutical risks

Medical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 12 SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Viscusi, W Kip ^a   Magat, Wesley A ^b   Scharff, Robert ^c  

^a HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food and Drug Administration; Pharmaceutical risk assessment; Risk assessment; Risk, responses to

Indexed keywords

DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG THERAPY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PHARMACOECONOMICS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG THERAPY; ECONOMICS, PHARMACEUTICAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030331422     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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