Georgius Agricola: 1494 - 1555 - mining engineer and physician His contribution to occupational medicine and the aetiology of bronchus carcinoma

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 611-612

  Craven, S A ^a  

^a NONE   (South Africa)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHUS TUMOR; CZECHOSLOVAKIA; HISTORY; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE;

BRONCHIAL NEOPLASMS; CZECHOSLOVAKIA; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0031137476     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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