On the exoneration of Dr. William H. Stewart: Debunking an urban legend

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Spellberg, Brad ^a,b   Taylor Blake, Bonnie ^c  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic crisis; Antibiotic development; History of antibiotics; Public policy; Urban legend; William H. Stewart

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DATA BASE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84887991160     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20499957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-9957-2-3     Document Type: Article

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