Fair assessment of the merits of psychiatric research

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 190, Issue APR., 2007, Pages 314-318

  Lewison, Grant ^a,b   Thornicroft, Graham ^c   Szmukler, George ^c   Tansella, Michele ^d  

^a Evaluametrics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLICATION;

BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 34147202646     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.106.024919     Document Type: Article

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