Characteristics and publication patterns of theses from a Peruvian medical school

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 148-154

  Arriola Quiroz, Isaias ^a   Curioso, Walter H ^a,b   Cruz Encarnacion, Maria ^a   Gayoso, Oscar ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bibliographic; Databases; Education; Medical; Medline; Students

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PERU; PUBLISHING; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DISSERTATIONS, ACADEMIC AS TOPIC; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; PERU; PUBLISHING; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77952196106     PISSN: 14711834     EISSN: 14711842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2010.00878.x     Document Type: Article

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