Tropical medicine: 100 years of progress

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 269-280

  Gilles, Herbert M ^a   Lucas, Adetokunbo O ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE CONTROL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; INFECTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TROPICAL MEDICINE; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 0031878060     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a011687     Document Type: Review

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