Indexation of psychiatric journals from low-and middle-income countries: A survey and a case study

World Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-44

  Kieling, Christian ^a   Herrman, Helen ^b   Patel, Vikram ^c,d   De Jesus Mari, Jair ^e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Sangath Centre   (India)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Indexed psychiatric journals; Low and middle income countries; Psychiatric research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 62549112105     PISSN: 17238617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2051-5545.2009.tb00209.x     Document Type: Article

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