Reduced access to database: A publicly available database accelerates academic production

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7792, 2011, Pages 297-

  Chen, Yu Chun ^a   Wu, Jau Ching ^b   Chen, Tzeng Ji ^b   Wetter, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA BASE; GENERAL PRACTICE; LETTER; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FACTUAL DATABASE; STATISTICS;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FAMILY PRACTICE;

EID: 79551646900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d637     Document Type: Letter

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