Biomedical journals: Keeping up and reading critically

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 8-15

  Chase, Karen L ^a   DiGiacomo, Ronald F ^a   Van Hoosier, Gerald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICINE; CERTIFICATION; CONSULTATION; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; KNOWLEDGE; LABORATORY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY CONTROL; READING; REVIEW; SKILL; TECHNOLOGY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, VETERINARY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; READING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33749120786     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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