Literature review in biomedical research: useful search engines beyond PubMed

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 71, Issue , 2016, Pages 115-117

  Cals, Jochen W L ^a   Kotz, Daniel ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INTERNET; LETTER; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SEARCH ENGINE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; STANDARDS; WRITING;

HUMANS; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH REPORT; WRITING;

EID: 84950142802     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.10.012     Document Type: Letter

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