Global methaemoglobinaemia research output (1940–2013): a bibliometric analysis

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Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Zyoud, Sa’ed H ^a,b   Al Jabi, Samah W ^a   Sweileh, Waleed M ^a   Al Khalil, Suleiman ^a   Alqub, Malik ^a   Awang, Rahmat ^b  

^a AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bibliometric; Citations; h index; Methaemoglobinaemia; Scopus database

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945191995     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40064-015-1431-7     Document Type: Article

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