Clinical microbiology during the Vietnam War

Military Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1209-1214

  Washington, Michael ^a   Brown, Matthew ^b   Palys, Thomas ^c   Tyner, Stuart ^d   Bowden, Robert ^e  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b USAMEDDAC Korea   (United States)

^c Landstuhl Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^d USAMC AFRIMS   (United States)

^e Waller Reed Army Institute of Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILITARY MEDICINE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM; WAR;

ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGY; MILITARY MEDICINE; VIETNAM; VIETNAM CONFLICT;

EID: 75349098604     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-05-0608     Document Type: Article

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