Open letter to UK Prime Minister David Cameron and Health Secretary Andrew Lansley on safety of medicines

The Lancet

Volumn 377, Issue 9781, 2011, Pages 1915-

  Archibald, Kathy ^a   Coleman, Robert ^b   Foster, Christopher ^c  

^a SAFER MEDICINES TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Division of Pathology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TGN 1412;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG COST; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LETTER; NEOPLASM; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79958105928     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60802-7     Document Type: Letter

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