A tribute to Zakariya Razi (865- 925 AD), an Iranian pioneer scholar

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 673-677

  Modanlou, Houchang D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

History of medicine; Iran; Razi

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; SULFURIC ACID;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONVULSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GONORRHEA; GOUT; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFECTION; MEASLES; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLICATION; RELIGION; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SMALLPOX; SPINA BIFIDA;

HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MEASLES; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; SMALLPOX;

EID: 57449108070     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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