Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research: A comparative study

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Benamer, Hani Ts ^a,b   Bakoush, Omran ^b  

^a NEW CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAB; ARTICLE; CITATION ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; INCOME; IRAN; ISRAEL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; MIDDLE EAST; PERFORMANCE; PUBLICATION; SCISEARCH; TURKEY (BIRD); BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BIBLIOMETRICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; STATISTICS;

ARABS; BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 65449190118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-9-26     Document Type: Article

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