Standardization of biological medicines: The first hundred years, 1900-2000

Notes and Records of the Royal Society

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 271-289

  Bristow, Adrian F ^a   Barrowcliffe, Trevor ^a   Bangham, Derek R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological medicines; Medical research council; Reference materials

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750368805     PISSN: 00359149     EISSN: 17430178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsnr.2006.0153     Document Type: Article

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