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- ↑ World Health Organization, Index of Pharmacopoeias, 2004.
- ↑ "凡例 - 中国药典 (2015)" [Legend - ChP 2015]. db.ouryao.com. Archived from the original on 2018-12-10. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
四部收载通则和药用辅料……《中国药典》的英文名称为Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China；英文简称为Chinese Pharmacopoeia；英文缩写为ChP……
- ↑ "Conservation OnLine - CoOL".
- ↑ "Pharmacopoeia of The People's Republic of China 2010".
