Trends in scientific activity addressing transmissible spongiform encephalopathies: A bibliometric study covering the period 1973-2002

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Sanz Casado, Elías ^a   Ramírez De Santa Pau, Margarita ^b   Suárez Balseiro, Carlos A ^c   Iribarren Maestro, Isabel ^a   De Pedro Cuesta, Jesús ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS   (Puerto Rico)

^d CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLICATION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; TREND STUDY; ANIMAL; BIBLIOMETRICS; CLASSIFICATION; COOPERATION; MEDLINE; PATHOGENICITY; PRION; PRION DISEASE; RESEARCH;

ANIMALS; BIBLIOMETRICS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MEDLINE; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; RESEARCH;

EID: 33750182990     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-245     Document Type: Article

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