Tufts Health Sciences Database: Lessons, issues, and opportunities

Academic Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 254-264

  Lee, Mary Y ^a   Albright, Susan A ^e   Alkasab, Tarik ^e   Damassa, David A ^b   Wang, Paul J ^b   Eaton, Elizabeth K ^c,d  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUSM   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d John P McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center   (United States)

^e Tufts University School of Medicine ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET; CURRICULUM; DATA BASE; DENTISTRY; HEALTH SCIENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; LEARNING; LIBRARY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 0037347203     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200303000-00003     Document Type: Review

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