Botanical nomenclature in pharmacovigilance and a recommendation for standardisation

Drug Safety

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1023-1029

  Farah, Mohamed H ^a   Olsson, Sten ^a   Bate, Jenny ^a   Lindquist, Marie ^a   Edwards, Ralph ^a   Simmonds, Monique S J ^b   Leon, Christine ^b   De Boer, Hugo J ^c   Thulin, Mats ^c  

^a UPPSALA MONITORING CENTRE   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; HERBAL MEDICINE; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PLANT PRODUCT; PLANT TAXONOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 33845494945     PISSN: 01145916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00002018-200629110-00002     Document Type: Review

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