Why do we love medicines so much?

EMBO Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 572-578

  Sullivan, Richard ^b   Behncke, Isabel ^a   Purushotham, Arnie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BIODIVERSITY; COGNITION; DRUG RESEARCH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PAN PANISCUS; PILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG INDUSTRY; ECONOMICS; EVOLUTION; LOVE; MEDICINAL PLANT; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; DRUG INDUSTRY; EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LOVE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PLACEBOS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 77955058051     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2010.108     Document Type: Review

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