Australia needs an office of academic integrity

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 185, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 619-622

  Hall, Bruce M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPETENCE; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; RESEARCH ETHICS; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; STANDARD;

EID: 33846053722     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00731.x     Document Type: Article

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