Oswald T. Avery: The Wizard of York Avenue

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 107, Issue 1 A, 1999, Pages 7-11

  Austrian, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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CONFERENCE PAPER; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033606786     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9343(99)00109-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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