Field science-the nature and utility of scientific fields

mBio

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1-4

  Casadevall, Arturo ^a   Fang, Ferric C ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; KNOWLEDGE; LATITUDE; MICROBIOLOGY; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIST; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOLOGY; SPECIALIZATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; NATURAL SCIENCE;

HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; NATURAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES;

EID: 84946552631     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.01259-15     Document Type: Editorial

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