The reception of penicillin in Portugal during World War II: cooperation with Brazil and the United States of America
The discovery of penicillin in 1928 and its introduction as therapeutic agent in the 1940’s significantly altered the prognosis of infectious diseases and represented the starting point for research that led to the discovery of other antibiotics. Portugal was one of the first European countries, non...
Main Authors: | Victoria Bell, Ana Leonor Pereira, João Rui Pita |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | Portuguese |
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Coimbra University Press
2015-07-01
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Series: | Debater a Europa |
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Online Access: | https://impactum-journals.uc.pt/debatereuropa/article/view/3689 |
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