Medical experiments carried out in Sheffield on conscientious objectors to military service during the 1939-45 war

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 556-558

  Pemberton, John ^a,b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; RETINOL;

MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MILITARY APPLICATION; WAR;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; MILITARY SERVICE; NIGHT VISION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCABIES; SCURVY; SURVIVAL RATE; URINALYSIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; VOLUNTEER; WAR; WATER DEPRIVATION;

ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; ENGLAND; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; SCABIES; SCURVY; SURVIVAL; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; WORLD WAR II;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SHEFFIELD [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745614880     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl020     Document Type: Article

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