Angelo Celli and research on the prevention of malaria in Italy a century ago

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-40

  Ferroni, Eliana ^a   Jefferson, Tom ^a   Gachelin, Gabriel ^b  

^a Acute Respiratory Infections Group   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; ITALY; MALARIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN;

EID: 84858251279     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.2011.11k049     Document Type: Article

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