Good publication practice guidelines for medical communications agencies: A MedComm perspective

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 453-461

  Bareket Samish, Avital ^a,f   Denny, M ^a   Ruzicka, B ^a   Bogush, M ^b   Flynn, K ^c   Glinka, K ^b   McMahon Wise, B ^d   Schiller, S ^b   Sjostedt, P ^e   Matheson, N ^e  

^a Helix   (United States)

^b ApotheCom   (United States)

^c ApotheCom   (United States)

^d ApotheCom   (United States)

^e AXIS Healthcare   (United States)

^f Helix   (United States)

Author keywords

Authorship; Ethics in publishing; Guidelines; Medical writing; Professional ethics; Publishing

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG INDUSTRY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; PEER REVIEW; STANDARD;

GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH;

EID: 64249090110     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: 14734877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/03007990802646584     Document Type: Conference Paper

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