Clarifying the abstracts of systematic literature reviews

Bulletin of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 332-337

  Hartley, J ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITERATURE; PUBLICATION; REVIEW;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; READING; RESEARCH; REVIEW LITERATURE;

EID: 0033755473     PISSN: 00257338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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