Bibliometric analyses of biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007)

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 130-139

  Bissar Tadmouri, Nisrine ^a   Tadmouri, Ghazi O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^b CENTRE FOR ARAB GENOMIC STUDIES   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; CANCER RESEARCH; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEBANON; LIVER DISEASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PAIN; PANCREAS DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SKIN DISEASE; TREND STUDY; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WOUND;

BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; LEBANON; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 62849123802     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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