Physics and medicine: A historical perspective

The Lancet

Volumn 379, Issue 9825, 2012, Pages 1517-1524

  Keevil, Stephen F ^a,b  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ANTIQUITY; ARTICLE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEDICINE; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84859924186     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60282-1     Document Type: Review

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