Writing intelligible english prose for biomedical journals

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 508-514

  Ludbrook, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Books on scientific writing; Freelance science editors; Journal editors; Lexical analysis; Literacy in schools; Mentoring; Readability formulae; Remedial university courses

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNIVERSITY; WRITING;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LANGUAGE; PERIODICALS; WRITING;

EID: 33947617379     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: 14401681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2007.04603.x     Document Type: Review

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