An analysis of objective quality indicators on Year Book citations: Implications for MEDLINE searchers

Bulletin of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 378-384

  Johnson, E Diane ^a   McKinin, Emma Jean ^a   Sievert, Maryellen ^a   Reid, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; LIBRARY SCIENCE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ONLINE SYSTEM; PUBLICATION;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SUBJECT HEADINGS;

EID: 0031466642     PISSN: 00257338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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