The war against bacteria: How were sulphonamide drugs used by Britain during World War II?

Medical Humanities

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-58

  Davenport, Diana ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; DRUG RESISTANCE; GERMANY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; SYPHILIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WAR;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; DRUG RESISTANCE; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFECTION; PENICILLINS; SULFONAMIDES; SYPHILIS; WAR; WORLD WAR II;

EID: 84861455587     PISSN: 1468215X     EISSN: 14734265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2011-010024     Document Type: Article

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