Growing trend of China's contribution to the field of rheumatology 2000-2009: A survey of Chinese rheumatology research

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2390-2394

  Cheng, Tao ^a   Zhang, Xianlong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

China; Clinical trial; Hong Kong; Research; Rheumatology; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; HONG KONG; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOLOGY; TAIWAN;

BIBLIOMETRICS; CHINA; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH; RHEUMATOLOGY;

EID: 78149257795     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.100524     Document Type: Article

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