Design and analysis of drug combination experiments

Pain Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 16-31

  Plummer, John L ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG POTENTIATION; HUMAN; PAIN; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031976962     PISSN: 09681302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/096813098672023998     Document Type: Review

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