Three hundred and fifty years of the Peruvian fever bark

British Medical Journal (Clinical research ed.)

Volumn 296, Issue 6635, 1988, Pages 1486-1487

  Bruse Chwatt, L J ^a  

^a Wellcome Laboratories of Tropical Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; QUININE;

ARTEMISIA ANNUA; CINCHONA LEDGERIANA; EDITORIAL; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CINCHONA ALKALOIDS; EUROPE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 17TH CENT.; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 18TH CENT.; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 19TH CENT.; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 20TH CENT.; HUMAN; MALARIA; PERU;

EID: 0023906011     PISSN: 02670623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1486     Document Type: Article

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