Wikipedia vs peer-reviewed medical literature for information about the 10 most costly medical conditions

Journal of the American Osteopathic Association

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 368-373

  Hasty, Robert T ^a   Garbalosa, Ryan C ^b   Barbato, Vincenzo A ^c   Valdes Jr , Pedro J ^c   Powers, David W ^c   Hernandez, Emmanuel ^c   John, Jones S ^c   Suciu, Gabriel ^e   Qureshi, Farheen ^c   Popa Radu, Matei ^c   Jose, Sergio San ^c   Drexler, Nathaniel ^c   Patankar, Rohan ^c   Paz, Jose R ^c   King, Christopher W ^c   Gerber, Hilary N ^d   Valladares, Michael G ^f   Somji, Alyaz A ^c  

^a School of Osteopathic Medicine   (United States)

^b DEBORAH HEART AND LUNG CENTER   (United States)

^c Palmetto General Hospital   (United States)

^d The Traditional Rotation Internship   (United States)

^e NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Larkin Community Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOMETRICS; BOOK; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INTERNET; PEER REVIEW; PUBLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

BIBLIOMETRICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ENCYCLOPEDIAS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERNET; PEER REVIEW; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899642725     PISSN: 00986151     EISSN: 19451997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7556/jaoa.2014.035     Document Type: Article

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