The MRC randomized trial of streptomycin and its legacy: A view from the clinical front line

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 531-534

  Crofton, J ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIZZINESS; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 33750605729     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.99.10.531     Document Type: Short Survey

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