Breast cancer research output, 1945-2008: A bibliometric and density-equalizing analysis

Breast Cancer Research

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Glynn, Ronan W ^a   Scutaru, Cristian ^b   Kerin, Michael J ^a   Sweeney, Karl J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER RESEARCH; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DATA BASE; EMPLOYMENT; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PUBLICATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; FEMALE; HISTORY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PUBLISHING; STATISTICS;

BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; PUBLISHING;

EID: 78650380622     PISSN: 14655411     EISSN: 1465542X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/bcr2795     Document Type: Article

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