Major inaccuracies in articles citing occupational or environmental medicine papers and their implications

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 118-121

  Gehanno, Jean François ^a   Darmoni, Stefan J ^a   Caillard, Jean François ^a  

^a ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLICATION; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BIBLIOMETRICS; DOCUMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING; BIBLIOMETRICS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 18344386865     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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