Alexander Gordon, puerperal sepsis, and modern theories of infection control-Semmelweis in perspective

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 275-278

  Gould, Ian M ^a  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; ERYSIPELAS; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; MIDWIFE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL INFECTION; REVIEW; SEPSIS;

AUSTRIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HUNGARY; HYGIENE; NUMISMATICS; PUERPERAL INFECTION; SCOTLAND; SEPSIS;

EID: 77949551992     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(09)70304-4     Document Type: Review

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