PubMed perspective of family medicine research: Where does it stand?

Family Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 570-575

  Mendis, Kumara ^a,b   Solangaarachchi, Indragit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b School of Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Family Medicine; Family Practice; General Practice; Medical Informatics; PubMed

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERMANY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCINFO; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDLINE; PERIODICALS; PUBMED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH;

EID: 26444486020     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmi085     Document Type: Article

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