Searching the Medical Literature

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 421, Issue , 2004, Pages 43-49

  Smith, Cheri G ^a   Herzka, Andrea S ^a   Wenz Sr , James F ^a   Henze, Elaine P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SCISEARCH;

EID: 2342583426     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000126946.10789.24     Document Type: Conference Paper

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