Growth and decentralization of the medical literature: Implications for evidence-based medicine

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 499-501

  Druss, Benjamin G ^a   Marcus, Steven C ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; PUBLICATION;

AUTHORSHIP; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; HUMANS; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; MEDLINE; PERIODICALS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 28244435903     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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