Evolutionary approach to medicine

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 26-32

  Berlim, Marcelo Turkienicz ^a   Abeche, Alberto Mantovani ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FEVER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; IRON OVERLOAD; MEDICINE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILOSOPHY; REVIEW;

EVOLUTION; FEVER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; IRON OVERLOAD; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 0035227787     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200101000-00005     Document Type: Article

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