Abstract
The medical community finds out about practical medical data through a variety of sources. This paper pinpoints those sources by following a specific data base, the world renowned Framingham Heart Study, through a multitude of media. Information about the Study is available to practicing physicians by many means including scholarly and nonscientific medical journals, government documents, lectures and colloquia, continuing medical education seminars, reprint services, and the invisible college.
Specific details concerning the frequency with which Framingham Heart Study articles appear in certain journals are helpful in determining the significance of various types of medical journals in the dissemination of the data base.
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