Heart Simulation, Arrhythmia, and the Actions of Drugs

Biosimulation in Drug Development

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 259-272

  Noble, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Biosimulation; Drug metabolism; Heart simulation; Linking levels; Multiple cellular mechanisms; Problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889419086     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527622672.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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