Doubling the Impact: Publication of Systematic Review Articles in Orthopaedic Journals

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1012-1016

  Bhandari, Mohit ^a   Montori, Victor M ^a   Devereaux, Philip J ^a   Wilczynski, Nancy L ^a   Morgan, Douglas ^a   Haynes, R Brian ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW;

EID: 2442480415     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200405000-00019     Document Type: Review

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