The one fixed point in a changing age. An analysis of half-secular trends among original papers published in The Lancet 1945-95

Acta Clinica Belgica

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 79-83

  Selvais, Philippe L ^a,c   Hermans, M ^b  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^c NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Editorial policy; History of medicine; Medical literature

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GROWTH; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; POLICY; PUBLICATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WRITING;

EID: 2642531159     PISSN: 00015512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/acb.2004.011     Document Type: Article

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