Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the cause of consumption: From discovery to fact

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1086-1088

  Murray, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICINE; MICROORGANISM; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEACHER; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; GERMANY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PORTRAITS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 2442501767     PISSN: 00030805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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