Coverage of the bibliographic databases in mental health research

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 181-188

  Löhönen, Johanna ^a   Isohanni, Matti ^a   Nieminen, Pentti ^a   Miettunen, Jouko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bibliographic databases; Coverage; Information search; Mental health; Overlap; Research

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PSYCINFO; PUBLICATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BIBLIOMETRICS; BRAIN; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDLINE; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBMED; RESEARCH; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952225536     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08039480903337378     Document Type: Article

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