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Drug handling by the aging liver: past work and future directions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Ken Woodhouse
Ken Woodhouse*
Affiliation:
University of Wales College of Medicine, Penarth, UK
*
Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine, Academic Centre, Llandough Hospital, Penarth CF64 2XX, UK.
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Biological gerontology
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , August 1996 , pp. 215 - 223
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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