Principles and philosophy of modeling in biomedical research

FASEB Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 275-285

  Massoud, Tarik F ^a,b,e   Hademenos, George J ^c   Young, William L ^a,b   Gao, Erzhen ^a,d   Pile Spellman, John ^a,b   Viñuela, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS   (United States)

^d University of London ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological; Experimental design; Medical; Models; Philosophy

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICINE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MODEL; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0031908254     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.12.03.275     Document Type: Review

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