منابع مشابه
Studies on Tetanus Prophylaxis.
Before the second world war several investigators had demonstrated the possibility of actively immunizing man against tetanus (Ramon and Zoeller, 1927; Jones and Moss, 1937; Marvell and,. Parish, 1940; Wolters and Dehmel, 1940). During the war this method was tested on a large scale, for in the allied armies prophylaxis against tetanus was based almost entirely on active immunization. Reports s...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1965
ISSN: 0035-9157
DOI: 10.1177/003591576505800403