Information sources in biomedical science and medical journalism: Methodological approaches and assessment

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 267-272

  Miranda, Giovanna F ^a   Vercellesi, Luisa ^b   Bruno, Flavia ^b  

^a Research Center Sanofi Midy   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Information dissemination; Journalism; Mass media; Scientific information

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; CLASSIFICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; SCIENCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL;

EID: 3042592037     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2003.12.021     Document Type: Article

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