Emerging ethical issues in instructions to authors of high-impact biomedical journals

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 442-449

  Atlas, Michel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERNET; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH; STANDARD;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

AUTHORSHIP; EDITORIAL POLICIES; ETHICS, RESEARCH; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; PERIODICALS;

EID: 1542286682     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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