Semmelweis: The combat against puerperal fever

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 153-158

  Adriaanse, Albert H ^a   Pel, Maria ^a   Bleker, Otto P ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Obstetrics; Puerperal fever; Semmelweis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

EPIDEMIC; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL INFECTION; SEPSIS; SHORT SURVEY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A;

EID: 0034084891     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(00)00264-5     Document Type: Review

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