Home›Medical Scientists, Physiologists and Pharmacologists›All Medical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsBrowse ByAll Medical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsReference and ClassificationVerifiedScientists who study how the body functions or how a drug acts on it, following ISCO-08 Minor Group 213, Life Science Professionals, in its branch covering physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology as applied to medicine. Belongs here: a physiologist, biochemist, pharmaceutical chemist or pharmacologist, an endocrinologist studying hormonal function, and a physician also noted in one of these basic science roles. 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