Evidence-based medicine in toxicology: Where is the evidence?

Lancet

Volumn 347, Issue 9009, 1996, Pages 1067-1069

  Buckley, Nicholas A ^a   Smith, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

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EID: 3242867994     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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