A Clarity Clinic for Surgical Writing

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-58

  Derish, Pamela ^a   Eastwood, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

manuscripts; medical writing; professional training; publishing; scientific writing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TRAINING; WRITING;

HUMANS; SURGERY; WRITING;

EID: 43049149085     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2007.04.046     Document Type: Article

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