Penetration of the English language in science: The case of a German national interdisciplinary critical care conference

Critical Care

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 655-656

  Falagas, Matthew E ^a,b   Fabritsi, Eufemia ^b   Chelvatzoglou, Fotini C ^b   Rellos, Konstantinos ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

^c HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DOCUMENTATION; GERMANY; INTENSIVE CARE; LANGUAGE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SCIENCE;

CONGRESSES; CRITICAL CARE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MULTILINGUALISM; PUBLICATIONS; SCIENCE;

EID: 31744443833     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc3817     Document Type: Letter

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