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Events preceding the drafting of the Declaration of Independence A Declaration by the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress Assembled (Jefferson s draft)... 

Chemically, chicle is a transpolyisoprene isomer of gutta percha. When heated above 60 °C it softens. Chicle was the original gum in chewing gum. It is claimed that it was originally brought to the United States of America by General Di Santa Anna who led the Mexicans at the Alamo. 

Requests that the Director-General report periodically to the Council on the progress made by the United States of America in completing destruction of its chemical weapons ... 

In September 1971 the seventh International Conference of Chemotherapy in Prague contained a full session on the use of platinum drugs. A set of papers will be published. Many of the points dealt with in passing in the above article are treated in detail confirming the general outline of the chemical factors which are of importance. The compound cis- Pt(NHs)2Cl2 proved sufficiently successful in tests on tumours in mice that it is now being used in clinical trials in the United States of America. 

Except in the United States of America and New Zealand, where direct to consumer (DTC) advertising of prescription medicines is allowed, companies are not allowed to communicate directly with patients. The Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPl) Code of Practice has been relaxed a little in this area in recent years and companies can now communicate in a very limited fashion with the general public. Clause 20.2 of the Code allows the provision of non-promotional information either in response to a direct enquiry from an individual or via press conferences, press announcements, lectures and media reports, public relations activities and the like. 

Proprietary Names and Synonyms. A selection of proprietary names have been included in the monographs in Part 2. In general, they apply to the United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada, and certain European countries. Comprehensive lists of proprietary names, worid-wide, can be found in Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 28di Edn, Eondon, The Pharmaceutical Press, 1982. Only single-substance preparations have been included except in the case of certain major classes of drugs for which die names of some compound preparations have been added. Some proprietary names which are not in current use have been retained. 

Musa, S.R., Banderet, L.E., Cadarette, B. (2002) Chapter 36 protective uniforms for nuclear, biological, and chemical warfare metabobc, thermal, respiratory and psychological issues, in Pandolf, K.B. and Burr, R.E. (Eds.), Textbook of Military Medicine Medical Aspects of Harsh Environments, Volume 2, Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army, United States of America, Falls Church, Virginia VA, pp. 1084-1127. 

McClain, D.J., 1997. Smallpox. In Medical aspects of chemical and biological warfare, textbook of military medicine. Office of The Surgeon General Department of the Army, United States of America, Chapter 27, 17 pp. 

Tang, P., Xu, Y. (2002). From the Cover Large-scale molecular dynamics simulations of general anesthetic effects on the ion channel in the fully hydrated membrane The implication of molecular mechanisms of general anesthesia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 99(25), 16035-16040. 

Dunn, MA, BE Hackley, FR Sidell. 1997. Pretreatment for nerve agent exposure. In Sidell FR, Takafuji ET, Franz DR (Eds). Textbook ofMilitary Medicine Part I, Warfare, Weaponry, and the Casualty Medical Aspects of Chemical and Biological Warfare. Washington, DC Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army, United States of America. Pp. 181-196. 

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