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Medicines and Drugs as Environmental Agents

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Abstract

The sections in this article are:

1 Drugs as Chemicals
2 Mechanisms of Action of Drugs
2.1 Cell Membranes
2.2 Chemical Drug Receptors
2.3 Drug Effects
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Leighton E. Cluff. Medicines and Drugs as Environmental Agents. Compr Physiol 2011, Supplement 26: Handbook of Physiology, Reactions to Environmental Agents: 193-197. First published in print 1977. doi: 10.1002/cphy.cp090112