Research fundamentals: I. Getting from hypothesis to manuscript: An overview of the skills required for success in research

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 924-929

  Lewis, Lawrence M ^a   Lewis, Roger J ^b   Younger, John G ^c   Callaham, Michael ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Concepts; Hypothesis development; Model selection; Publication; Research

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SKILL;

EID: 0031656806     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1998.tb02824.x     Document Type: Review

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