Impact of FUTON and NAA bias on visibility of research

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1001-1006

  Murali, Narayana S ^a   Murali, Hema R ^a   Auethavekiat, Paranee ^a   Erwin, Patricia J ^b   Mandrekar, Jayawant N ^a   Manek, Nisha J ^a   Ghosh, Amit K ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; INTERNET; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; NEPHROLOGY; PUBLICATION; RHEUMATOLOGY;

EID: 3442883316     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/79.8.1001     Document Type: Article

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