Infectious diseases publications in leading medical journals-a comparative analysis

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2585-2591

  Fatkenheuer G ^a   Roer, F ^a   Hirschel, B ^b   Cornely, O A ^a   Salzberger, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOLOGY; CENTRAL AMERICA; EUROPE; HEMATOLOGY; INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORTH AMERICA; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; GEOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASES; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING;

EID: 84869126200     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-012-1600-3     Document Type: Article

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