title: [Letters from Washington. Food and Drug Administration and medical technology: at an impasse?].
authors.affiliation: Columbia University, Dept of Surgery, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC 20418.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Gelijns
mesh_terms: D003257:Consumer Product Safety / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004864:Equipment and Supplies / Q000592:standards*; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations