Where should family medicine papers be published - Following the impact factor?

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 633-636

  Peleg, Roni ^a   Shvartzman, Pesach ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAMILY MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750953063     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.19.6.633     Document Type: Review

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