The UK Freedom of Information Act (2000) in healthcare research: A systematic review

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1-7

  Fowler, Alexander J ^a   Agha, Riaz A ^b   Camm, Christian F ^c   Littlejohns, Peter ^d  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA EXTRACTION; FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84889875337     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002967     Document Type: Article

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