Accuracy of references in the ophthalmic literature

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 142-145

  Oren, Gale ^a   Watson, Maureen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CITATION ANALYSIS; LIBRARIAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PUBLICATION;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING AS TOPIC; BIBLIOGRAPHY AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 66249138113     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: 15589439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3163/1536-5050.97.2.014     Document Type: Article

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