Mapping the evidence base of pathology

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 344-350

  Booth, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Information retrieval; Internet; MEDLINE; Purpura thrombocytopenic

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MEDLINE; PATHOLOGY;

EID: 0032786513     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199908)188:4<344::AID-PATH331>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Review

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