Surgery before common era (B.C.E.*)

Archive of Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 28-35

  Dobanovački, Dušanka ^a   Milovanović, Ljiljana ^b   Slavković, Andelka ^c   Tatić, Milanka ^a   Mišković, Sanja Skeledžija ^a   Škorić Jokić, Svetlana ^d   Pećanac, Marija ^a  

^a Pediatric SURGERY Clinic Institute for Children and Youth Health Care of Vojvodina   (Serbia)

^b Clinical Center of Vojvodina Novi Sad   (Serbia)

^c Clinic for Pediatric Surgery and Orthopedic Clinical Center Ni   (Serbia)

^d ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE OF VOJVODINA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Ancient; General surgery; History; History of medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; CIVILIZATION; EGYPT; GREECE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; INDIAN; ITALY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SURGERY;

EID: 84868327020     PISSN: 03547310     EISSN: 14509520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/AOO1202028D     Document Type: Article

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