A revised timeline for biological agents: Revisiting the early years of the germ theory of disease

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 222-226

  Rutecki, Gregory W ^a,b  

^a MOUNT CARMEL HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AGENT; PETROLEUM;

ARMENIA; ARMY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; PHYSICIAN; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; TYPHUS; WAR; WEAPON;

EID: 33750627465     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.06.034     Document Type: Article

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