Accuracy of references in general surgical journals - An old problem revisited

Surgeon

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 71-75

  Reddy, M Srinivas ^a,d   Srinivas, S ^b   Sabanayagam, N ^a   Balasubramanian, S P ^c  

^a Caithness General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citation; Error; General surgery; Quotation; Reference

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449151358     PISSN: 1479666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1479-666X(08)80067-4     Document Type: Article

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