Two faces of death: Fatalities from disease and combat in America's principal wars, 1775 to present

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 121-133

  Cirillo, Vincent J ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; PENICILLIN G; PERMETHRIN; PRIMAQUINE; VACCINE; YELLOW FEVER VACCINE;

BATTLE INJURY; CHOLERA; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATALITY; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLUENZA; IRAQ; MALARIA; MILITARY MEDICINE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SMALLPOX; SUICIDE; TABLET FORMULATION; TETANUS; TUBERCULOSIS; TYPHOID FEVER; TYPHUS; WAR; YELLOW FEVER;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; UNITED STATES; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 39749173957     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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