Cultural differences: Implications on drug therapy and global drug development

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 47-52

  Balant, L P ^a   Balant Gorgia, E A ^a  

^a Department of Psychiatry ^*

Author keywords

Cultural factors; Drug development; Drug response; Ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; HEREDITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JAPAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACOGENETICS; RATING SCALE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033973740     PISSN: 09461965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/CPP38047     Document Type: Article

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