Response to comments on "A mathematical description of the functionality of correction factors used in allometry for predicting human drug clearance" [3]

Drug Metabolism and Disposition

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 510-511

  Tang, Huadong ^a   Mayersohn, Michael ^b  

^a WYETH RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BRAIN WEIGHT; DRUG CLEARANCE; LETTER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION;

EID: 33344474852     PISSN: 00909556     EISSN: 1521009X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2006.04.021     Document Type: Article

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