Lessons from history: The blight of the bitterroot, the mysterious rocky mountain spotted fever, and the significant role of Wilson and Chowning - A commentary

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 118-120

  Heyneman, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TICK BITE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035381022     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(2001)012[0118:TBOTBT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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7. Complete contributions