Readability of British and American medical prose at the start of the 21st century

British Medical Journal

Volumn 325, Issue 7378, 2002, Pages 1451-1452

  Weeks, William B ^a   Wallace, Amy E ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; READING; RESEARCH;

EID: 0037153748     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.325.7378.1451     Document Type: Article

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