Evaluating the influence of a medical journal using Google scholar

Learned Publishing

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 145-154

  Sanni, S A ^a   Zainab, A N ^b  

^a University of Malaya ^*  (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

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EID: 80555154784     PISSN: 09531513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1087/20110210     Document Type: Article

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