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| 540 | Chemistry |
| 543 | Analytical chemistry |
| 547 | Organic chemistry |
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| 570 | Biological sciences |
| 571 | Physiology |
| 572 | Biochemistry |
| 575 | Evolution and genetics |
| 579 | Microbiology |
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| 590 | Zoological sciences |
| 591 | Zoology |
| 591.1 | Animal physiology |
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| 610 | Medical sciences |
| 611 | Human anatomy |
| 612 | Human physiology |
| 612.4 | Endocrinology |
| 615 | Therapeutics and pharmacology |
| 615.1 | Drugs |
| 615.19 | Pharmaceutical chemistry |
| 615.5 | Therapeutics |
| 615.9 | Toxicology and poisons |
| 616 | Diseases |
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| 660 | Chemical technology |
| 660.6 | Biotechnology |
Anatomy 611
Antibiotics 615.329
Bacteriology 579.3
Biochemistry 572
Biochemistry of humans 612.015
Bioinformatics 572.80285
Biomaterials 610.284
Biomedical engineering 610.28
Biophysics 571.4
Cancer 616.994
Cell biology & physiology 571.6
Chemotherapy 615.58
Clinical biochemistry (human) 612.015
Clinical trials 615.50724
Clinical drug trials 615.580724
Diagnostics 616.075
Diseases 616
Disease control 614.4
DNA 572.86
Drugs 615.1
Enzymes, Chemistry 547.758
Enzymes, Biology 572.7
Epidemiology (Disease control) 614.4
Genes 572.86
Genetic diseases 616.042
Genetic engineering 660.65
Genetics 576.5
Genetics (Human) 599.935
Histology 611.018
Human diseases 616
Human genetics 599.935
Human immunology 612.1182
Law, Medical 347.1195
Medical microbiology 616.01
Medical physics 616.0757
Metabolism 572.4
Metabolism (Human) 612.39
Microbiology 579
Microbiology, Medicinal 616.01
Nervous system 591.48
Nutrition 612.3
Pathology 616.07
Pharmacology 615.1
Physiology (Human) 612
Plants, Drugs from 615.321
Plants, Medicinal 581.634
Proteins, Biology 572.6
Proteins, Chemistry 547.75
Reproduction 591.16
Statistics in biology 570.15195
Therapeutics 615.5
Toxicology 615.9
Vaccines 615.327
Virology 579.2
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Clinical Biochemistry by 
Ross & Wilson anatomy and physiology in health and illness by Biological Sciences recommend using the Harvard style for citations and referencing. See the Citing References tab in this guide for more help and information.
Citing a whole book example
Pocock, G., Richards, C.D. & Richards, D.A. (2018). Human physiology. 5th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Citing a book chapter example
Singh, H., Khurana, L.K. and Singh, R. (2018). Pharmaceutical development. In: Vohora, D. & Singh, G. (eds.) Pharmaceutical medicine and translational clinical research. London: Academic Press.
