The issue of quality in professional documentation: How can academia make more of a difference?

Technical Communication Quarterly

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 207-220

  Spilka, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

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EID: 1642313477     PISSN: 10572252     EISSN: 15427625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10572250009364694     Document Type: Article

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