Benchmarking the Dental Implant Evidence on MEDLINE

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 792-800

  Russo, Stephen P ^a   Fiorellini, Joseph P ^a   Weber, Hans Peter ^a   Niederman, Richard ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Diagnosis; Etiology; Implants; Prognosis; Therapeutics

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL EDUCATION; DOCUMENTATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MEDLINE; PROGNOSIS; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOOTH IMPLANTATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BENCHMARKING; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL IMPLANTS; EDUCATION, DENTAL, CONTINUING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; LINEAR MODELS; MEDLINE; PERIODICALS; PROGNOSIS; PUBLICATION BIAS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBJECT HEADINGS;

EID: 0034326669     PISSN: 08822786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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