Reproducibility of literature search reporting in medical education reviews

Academic Medicine

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1049-1054

  Maggio, Lauren A ^a   Tannery, Nancy H ^b   Kanter, Steven L ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 80051549654     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31822221e7     Document Type: Review

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