Mandatory genres: The case of European Public Assessment Report (EPAR) summaries

Text and Talk

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-191

  Askehave, Inger ^a   Zethsen, Karen Korning ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

EPAR summary; Mandatory genres; Patient education; Patient package inserts; Translation

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749114383     PISSN: 18607330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/TEXT.2008.008     Document Type: Review

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