The regulation of medical devices

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7807, 2011, Pages

  Wilmshurst, Peter ^a  

^a ROYAL SHREWSBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEVICE SAFETY; DRUG INDUSTRY; EDITORIAL; HEART CATHETER; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATENT; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SKILL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

DEVICE APPROVAL; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE SECTOR;

EID: 84859007825     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d2822     Document Type: Editorial

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