When authorship fails: A proposal to make contributors accountable

JAMA

Volumn 278, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 579-585

  Rennie, Drummond ^a,b   Yank, Veronica ^b   Emanuel, Linda ^c  

^a JAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RESPONSIBILITY; WRITING;

EID: 0030742967     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.278.7.579     Document Type: Article

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