Vincent van Gogh and the Thujone Connection

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 260, Issue 20, 1988, Pages 3042-3044

  Arnold, Wilfred Niels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA THUYONE; BETA-THUJONE; BROMIDE; CAMPHOR; TERPENE;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ART; ARTICLE; FRANCE; HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; PAINTING;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ART; BROMIDES; CAMPHOR; FAMOUS PERSONS; FRANCE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 19TH CENT.; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 20TH CENT.; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PAINTINGS; TERPENES;

EID: 0024297398     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1988.03410200098033     Document Type: Article

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