Medical problem attributes and information-seeking questions

Bulletin of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 367-374

  Zoe Stavri P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; RESIDENT; TAXONOMY;

DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDLINE; SEMANTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WISCONSIN;

EID: 9544226395     PISSN: 00257338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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