Typhus and its control in Russia, 1870-1940

Medical History

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 361-381

  Patterson, K David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TYPHUS;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 19TH CENT.; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 20TH CENT.; HUMAN; RUSSIA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TYPHUS, EPIDEMIC LOUSE-BORNE;

EID: 0027673605     PISSN: 00257273     EISSN: 20488343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025727300058725     Document Type: Article

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