How the structure of contribution disclosure statements affects validity of authorship: A randomized study in a general medical journal

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1035-1044

  Marušić, Ana ^a   Bates, Tamara ^b   Anić, Ante ^c   Marušić, Matko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^c Zadar City Hospital   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Authorship; Periodicals; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHOR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLICATION;

AUTHORSHIP; BIBLIOMETRICS; CROATIA; DATA COLLECTION; DISCLOSURE; MANUSCRIPTS; PERIODICALS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 33745700067     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/030079906X104885     Document Type: Article

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