Tips on how to write a paper

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1064-1069

  Johnson, Timothy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEARNING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRAINING; WRITING;

MANUSCRIPTS, MEDICAL; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; WRITING;

EID: 56049091746     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.07.007     Document Type: Review

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