Tracking the growth of drug therapy literature using PubMed

Drug Information Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 449-455

  Thompson, Dennis F ^a   Williams, Nancy Toedter ^a  

^a SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Drug literature; Publications; PubMed

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ONCOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION;

EID: 34447289347     PISSN: 00928615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009286150704100403     Document Type: Article

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