Worldwide research productivity in the field of electronic cigarette: A bibliometric analysis

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Zyoud, Sa'Ed H ^a,b   Al Jabi, Samah W ^a   Sweileh, Waleed M ^a  

^a AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bibliometric; E Cigarette; Electronic cigarette; Scopus

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE;

BIBLIOMETRICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; ITALY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; ITALY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903334863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-667     Document Type: Article

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