Smallpox variolation during the revolutionary war

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 821-

  Cantey, Joseph B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

history; smallpox; variolation; war

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIC; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALLPOX; VACCINATION; WAR;

EID: 80052942859     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318227759a     Document Type: Article

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