Ignác Semmelweis and the etiology of fetal and neonatal sepsis

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 307-310

  Raju, Tonse N K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; HAND WASHING; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL INFECTION; SEPSIS;

FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HANDWASHING; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL INFECTION; SEPSIS;

EID: 0033138982     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7200155     Document Type: Review

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