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Pierre Mollaret - bibliography

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Biography

French physician, born July 10, 1898, Auxerre, département Yonne; died December 3, 1987, Paris.

Bibliography

    General information was found on a website of the Pasteur Institute, Paris. Information about the work to combat poliomyelitis was found on the website for the Polio Eradication programme supported by sanofi pasteur. Excerpts taken from the book Histoire de l'éradication de la poliomyélite, les maladies meurent aussi , Presses Universitaires de France, Paris, January 2004.
  • A. Lemaire:
    Pierre Mollaret (1898-1987). La Presse Médicale, 05/03/1988, 17,
  • Pierre Mollaret:
    Titres et Travaux Scientifiques du Dr Pierre Mollaret.
    Paris, Masson, 1946, 85 pages.
  • Jean Théodoridès:
    Le professeur Pierre Mollaret (1898-1987). Histoire des Sciences Médicales, Organe officiel de la Société française d'histoire de la médecine, 1989, 23 (1).

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