Does bradford's law of scattering predict the size of the literature in cochrane reviews?

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 135-138

  Nash Stewart, Charlotte E ^a   Kruesi, Lisa M ^b   del Mar, Chris B ^c  

^a Freelance Technical Writer   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84930479879     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: 15589439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3163/1536-5050.100.2.013     Document Type: Article

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