medical journal

Peer-reviewed health periodical

A medical journal is a periodical publication containing research articles, clinical studies, and scholarly discussions about medicine and healthcare.

Physicians and researchers publish findings in medical journals to share discoveries with the scientific community: The study appeared in a peer-reviewed medical journal.

Major examples include *The Lancet* and *The New England Journal of Medicine*.

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