Making British cortisone: Glaxo and the development of corticosteroids in Britain in the 1950s-1960s

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 645-674

  Quirke, Viviane ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTISONE;

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG INDUSTRY; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SYNTHESIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CORTISONE; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG INDUSTRY; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 29744445635     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2005.09.001     Document Type: Article

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