Physicians' preferences for information sources: A meta-analytic study

Bulletin of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 223-232

  Haug, James D ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOOK; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; LIBRARY SCIENCE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN; PUBLICATION;

HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0030850639     PISSN: 00257338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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