The Implications of Using Internet Search Engines in Structured Scientific Reviews

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 645-646

  Curkovic, Marko ^a  

^a Psychiatric Hospital Vrap e   (Croatia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; LITERATURE; MORALITY; SEARCH ENGINE; STATISTICAL BIAS;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; BIAS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SEARCH ENGINE;

EID: 85040660269     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 14715546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-017-0013-1     Document Type: Letter

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