Knowledge synthesis in the biomedical literature: Nordihydroguaiaretic acid and breast cancer.
Description:
This dissertation refines knowledge synthesis from publicly accessible databases, based on the model of D.R. Swanson. Knowledge synthesis endeavors bring together two or more non-interactive literatures to create combinatorial research data on a specific topic. In this endeavor the biomedical literature was searched on the anti-neoplastic agent nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA) for its potential role as a functional food in the chemoprevention of breast cancer. Bibliometric cocitation was utiliz…
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Date:
December 2003
Creator:
Sneed, Wanda A.