Epidemics of the Roman Empire, 27 BC-AD 476

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 3 I, 2000, Pages 267-272

  Retief, Francois P ^a,b   Cilliers, Louise ^b  

^a University of the Orange Free State ^*  (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; ROMAN WORLD; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0034008171     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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