The AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service (ACTIS): A decade of providing clinical trials information

Public Health Reports

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 123-130

  Katz, Deborah G ^a   Dutcher, Gale A ^a   Toigo, Theresa A ^b   Bates, Ruthann ^c   Temple, Freda ^c   Cadden, Cynthia G ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Aspen Systems Corporation   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CLINICAL RESEARCH; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036522127     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3549(04)50118-8     Document Type: Article

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