Assessing the medical literature: Let the buyer beware

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 4-11

  Ferraris, Victor A ^a   Ferraris, Suellen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; AWARENESS; CONSUMER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038000049     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00430-2     Document Type: Article

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