Characteristics of organisations using an audit for interim financial statements

Australian Accounting Review

Volumn 10, Issue 22, 2000, Pages 52-61

  Baines, Annette ^a   Tanewski, George ^a   Gay, Grant ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 36949019035     PISSN: 10356908     EISSN: 18352561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1835-2561.2000.tb00070.x     Document Type: Article

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