New technologies in medicine: Biotechnology and nanotechnology

Disease-a-Month

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 453-495

  Zajtchuk, R ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DNA VACCINE;

BIOSENSOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; COST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; ELECTRONICS; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOTHERAPY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; DIAGNOSIS; FORECASTING; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; RESEARCH;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; FORECASTING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMANS; RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0033227122     PISSN: 00115029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0011-5029(99)90018-4     Document Type: Review

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