Equity, accountability, transparency: Implementation of the contributorship concept in a multi-site study

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 455-459

  Devine, Emily Beth ^a,b   Beney, Johnny ^b,c   Bero, Lisa A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Institut Central des Hopitaux Valaisans   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Authorship; Byline; Contributorship; Publishing

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744577010     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/aj690461     Document Type: Article

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