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Acronyms, Clinical Research Terms & Medical Terminology Links

Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network

Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council (AHMAC)

Adelaide Health Technology Assessment (AHTA)

Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures - Surgical

Acronyms, Clinical Research Terms & Medical Terminology Links

Acronyms of Australian Medical Organisations
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Commonly used clinical research terms (PDF 41 KB)

MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

For medical terminology please refer to the following websites –

  1. http://www.medilexicon.com
  2. http://www.medterms.com/script/main/hp.asp
  3. http://www.online-medical-dictionary.org

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