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Lessons from early large-scale adoption of celecoxib and rofecoxib by Australian general practitioners

Timothy H J Florin
Med J Aust 2004; 180 (6): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb05938.x
Published online: 15 March 2004

Timothy H J Florin


  • Department of Medicine, University of Queensland, Mater Health Services’ Adult Hospital, South Brisbane, QLD 4101.


Correspondence: t.florin@uq.edu.au

Competing interests:

The author is a co-investigator on several clinical trials, including a Pharmacia-sponsored randomised placebo-controlled trial of anti-paratuberculosis treatment for patients with active Crohn’s disease.

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