Pathology and laboratory medicine support for the American expeditionary forces by the US Army Medical Corps during World War i

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 139, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1161-1172

  Wright, James R ^a   Baskin, Leland B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ART; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHEMICAL WARFARE; HISTORY; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; PATHOLOGY; SOLDIER; SPANISH INFLUENZA; UNITED STATES; WAR;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHEMICAL WARFARE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA PANDEMIC, 1918-1919; LABORATORIES; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; UNITED STATES; WORLD WAR I;

EID: 84941645470     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2014-0528-HP     Document Type: Conference Paper

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