Impact of the number of dermatologists on dermatology biomedical research: A Canadian study

Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 174-179

  Lanzini, Rosilene Canzi ^a,b   Fallen, Robyn S ^a,b   Wismer, Judy ^a,b   Lima, Hermenio C ^a,b  

^a Faculdade Evangelica do Parana FEPAR   (Brazil)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DERMATOLOGIST; DERMATOLOGY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CANADA; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PUBLISHING;

EID: 84864258185     PISSN: 12034754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7750.2011.11024     Document Type: Article

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