Is open access to medical research literature relevant to low- and middle-income countries?

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 121-124

  King, Ruth ^a   Tamber, Pritpal S ^a  

^a BIOMED CENTRAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; BIOMEDICINE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDITORIAL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; PERIODICALS; PUBLISHING;

EID: 3042761345     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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