Finding information about the burden of disease

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 887-892

  Tugwell, Peter ^a   McGowan, Jessie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; PNEUMONIA; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33746780591     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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