Cómo mejorar la calidad estadística de los artícules presentados a revistas biomédicas: Lista de comprobación para los autores

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 138-149

  Mora I Ripoll, Ramón ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT INTERNACIONAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

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BIBLIOMETRICS; METHODOLOGY; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; BIBLIOMETRICS; PERIODICALS; PUBLISHING; STATISTICS;

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