Proliferation of authors on research reports in medicine

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 469-480

  Drenth, Joost P H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Author; Authorship; Medical publication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; STATISTICS; WRITING;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

AUTHORSHIP; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATA COLLECTION; EDITORIAL POLICIES; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MEDICINE; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; STATISTICS;

EID: 0030251458     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02583933     Document Type: Article

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