Ophthalmology and vision science research. Part 3: Avoiding writer's block - Understanding the ABCs of a good research paper

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2413-2419

  McGhee, Charles N J ^a   Gilhotra, Amardeep K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; VISION;

EID: 32244438604     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2005.10.022     Document Type: Article

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