Physicians and their use of information: A survey comparison between the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 88-91

  Davies, Karen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SERVICE; PHYSICIAN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CANADA; DATA COLLECTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; PHYSICIANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79551514741     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: 15589439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3163/1536-5050.99.1.015     Document Type: Article

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