Are we using the right dose? - A tale of mole and gram

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 451-452

  Eyer, Peter ^a,b   Eddleston, Michael ^b,c   Thiermann, Horst ^d   Worek, Franz ^d   Buckley, Nick A ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration   (Sri Lanka)

^c ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY   (Germany)

^e Canberra Clinical School   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; LITHIUM CARBONATE; LITHIUM CITRATE; PRALIDOXIME;

ACCURACY; AMBIGUITY; BLOOD LEVEL; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG NOMENCLATURE; METHODOLOGY; MOLARITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DRUG DOSAGE CALCULATIONS; HUMANS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHARMACOKINETICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51649130507     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2008.03245.x     Document Type: Note

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