Comparison of bibliographic databases in retrieving information on telemedicine

Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 343-354

  Ahmadi, M ^a   Ershad Sarabi, R ^b   Jamshidiorak, R ^b   Bahaodini, K ^c  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bibliographic databases; Information retrievaL; Precision; Sensitivity; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LIBRARIAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SCIENTIST; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84905680659     PISSN: 10239510     EISSN: 20082843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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