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Chapter 4 - Computer Skills Required for Medical Research: Social Media

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

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Elaine Leung
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P. M. Shaughn O'Brien  and
Fiona Broughton Pipkin
P. M. Shaughn O'Brien
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Keele University School of Medicine
Fiona Broughton Pipkin
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University of Nottingham
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Introduction to Research Methodology for Specialists and Trainees , pp. 20 - 29
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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