Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics in the UK - A great instauration

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 111-117

  Aronson, Jeffrey K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY; EXPERIMENTATION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; UNITED KINGDOM; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HISTORY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; THERAPY; TRENDS;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; PHARMACOLOGY, CLINICAL; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; THERAPEUTICS;

EID: 75149144511     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2009.03604.x     Document Type: Note

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