A bibliometric analysis in the fields of preventive medicine, occupational and environmental medicine, epidemiology, and public health

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Soteriades, Elpidoforos S ^a,b   Falagas, Matthew E ^a,c  

^a ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; CANADA; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HUMAN; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BIBLIOMETRICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH;

EID: 33846895455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-301     Document Type: Article

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