Letter to the editor

Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 877-878

  Von Elm, Erik ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CALCULATION; CITATION ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; HUMAN; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; NOTE; PUBLICATION;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 61449442047     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181884419     Document Type: Letter

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