Medline for Medical Students? Searching for the Right Answer

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 221-232

  Reiter, Harold I ^a   Neville, Alan J ^a   Norman, Geoffrey ^a  

^a JURAVINSKI CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

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EID: 0043281786     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009877514060     Document Type: Article

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