Introductory course on getting to know journals and on "browsing" a research paper: First steps to proficiency in scientific communication

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 767-775

  Matarese, Valerie ^a,b  

^a UpTo Infotechnologies ^*  (Italy)

^b UpTo Infotechnologies Biomedical Editing Writing and Information Research   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; PERIODICALS; READING;

EID: 33750626588     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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