The ' () is a weekly
peer-reviewed
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medical journal
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History
The first ...
published in French and aimed at the
continuing medical education
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of medical practitioners and the francophone medical community in general.
History
The journal was established in 2005 as the result of a merger between the ' and '.
[J.-P. Berger, Alain Pécoud, Bertrand Kiefer, J.-F. Balavoine, "", ', no 619, 27 February 2002]
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in
Index Medicus
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MEDLINE
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PubMed
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[ Embase, EMCare, and ]Scopus
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.
See also
* ''Swiss Medical Weekly
The ''Swiss Medical Weekly'' is a peer-reviewed open access medical journal published by the SMW supporting association. It was established in 1871 as the ''Correspondenz-Blatt für Schweizer Aerzte'', then renamed to ''Schweizerische Medizinische ...
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Notes and references
External links
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French-language journals
General medical journals
Weekly journals
Academic journals established in 2005