Accessing public health information: A preliminary comparison of CABI's global health database and medline

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-62

  Aalai, Elham ^a   Gleghorn, Colette ^a   Webb, Anne ^b   Glover, Steven William ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; DATA BASE; DENGUE; GLOBAL HEALTH; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LIBRARY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDLINE; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LIBRARY SCIENCE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; VOCABULARY, CONTROLLED; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 60549112065     PISSN: 14711834     EISSN: 14711842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2008.00781.x     Document Type: Article

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