Brazilian knowledge production in the field of child and adolescent health

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 97-102

  Blank, Danilo ^a   Rosa, Luciana O ^b   Gurgel, Ricardo Q ^c   Goldani, Marcelo Z ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Impact factor; Knowledge production; Pediatric research

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PUBLICATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; BIBLIOMETRICS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDLINE; PEDIATRICS; PERIODICALS; PUBLISHING; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 33645959525     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.1454     Document Type: Article

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