Rheumatology in India: A bird's eye view on organization, epidemiology, training programs and publications

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1013-1019

  Misra, Durga Prasanna ^a   Agarwal, Vikas ^b   Negi, Vir Singh ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Education; Epidemiology; India; Publications; Rheumatology

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; INDIA; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOLOGY; PUBLISHING; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RHEUMATOLOGY;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; INDIA; PUBLISHING; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RHEUMATOLOGY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 85047289717     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2016.31.7.1013     Document Type: Article

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