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. 1989 Dec;28(6):621–628. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.1989.tb03554.x

The effects of food on drug bioavailability.

P A Winstanley 1, M L Orme 1
PMCID: PMC1380032  PMID: 2692684

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