Galen (AD 129-200) of Pergamun: Anatomist and experimental physiologist

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Dunn, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHILD CARE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HYGIENE; INFANT FEEDING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGERY; URINE RETENTION;

EID: 0042261533     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.88.5.f441     Document Type: Article

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