Suitability of common drugs for patients who avoid animal products

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 348, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Tatham, Kate C ^a   Patel, Kinesh P ^b  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET, VEGETARIAN; DRUG LABELING; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; HUMANS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS;

EID: 84893866514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g401     Document Type: Article

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