Increased expenditure on Australian health and medical research and changes in numbers of publications determined using PubMed

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 155-158

  Mendis, Kumara ^a   McLean, Rick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIBLIOMETRICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNDING; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE COST; INTERNET; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEDLINE; NEW ZEALAND; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PUBLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33747626686     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00505.x     Document Type: Article

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