Bill Dock and the Location of Pulmonary Tuberculosis How Bed Rest Might Have Helped Consumption

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1029-1033

  Murray, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BED REST; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BED REST; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242301643     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200307-1016OE     Document Type: Review

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