Clinical "case series": A concept analysis

African Health Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 557-562

  Abu Zidan, F M ^a   Abbas, A K ^a   Hefny, A F ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Case report; Case series; Concept analysis; Research design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; LIBRARY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PUBLICATION;

CASE REPORT; CASE SERIES; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

HUMANS; MALE; PUBLICATIONS; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84873275740     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v12i4.25     Document Type: Article

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