The ''Western Journal of Medicine'' was a

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. It was established in 1856 as the ''Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of California''. It was renamed ''California State Journal of Medicine'' in 1902 and volume numbering was restarted at 1. In 1924 it was renamed ''California and Western Medicine'' and in 1946 ''California Medicine''. In 1974, it obtained its final title, ''Western Journal of Medicine'', which was styled as ''wjm'' from 1999 on. In 1985, the journal absorbed ''Arizona Medicine''. It ceased publication in 2002 because it was not financially viable any more. The journal was lastly published by the

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with Michael Wilkes as its

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Notable people

* Linda Hawes Clever, editor-in-chief, 1991 to 1999.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal was abstracted and indexed by

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, and

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References

External links

Free full-text journal archive at PubMed Central
BMJ Group academic journals English-language journals General medical journals Open access journals Academic journals established in 1856 Publications disestablished in 2002 Monthly journals Defunct journals of the United States