Worldwide access to evidence-based mental health literature: How useful is PubMed in Anglo-Saxon and non-Anglo-Saxon countries?

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 511-516

  Morlino, Massimo ^a,d   Polese, Daniela ^b   Bruni, Andrea ^a   Renato, Bellinello ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b ASL CE2   (Italy)

^c ASL Napoli 1   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evidence based; Evidence based mental health; Impact factor; Index Medicus; Medicine; PubMed

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MENTAL HEALTH; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PUBLICATION; REVIEW;

CULTURE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GEOGRAPHY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LANGUAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHIATRY; PUBMED;

EID: 28844503509     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2005.01407.x     Document Type: Review

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