The role of x-rays in the treatment of gas gangrene: A historical assessment

Dose-Response

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 626-643

  Calabrese, Edward J ^a   Dhawan, Gaurav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose response; Gas gangrene; History of medicine; Hormesis; X ray

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTITOXIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PROFLAVINE; SULFONAMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE MODEL; GAS GANGRENE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; X RAY;

EID: 84871301688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15593258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2203/dose-response.12-016.Calabrese     Document Type: Article

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