Editorial: ABRV (or abbrevobabble revisited)

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1477-1479

  Brumback, Roger A ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH CARE; EDITORIAL; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOMENCLATURE; PEER REVIEW; PUBLICATION; STANDARD;

ABBREVIATIONS AS TOPIC; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 75149116129     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073809340922     Document Type: Editorial

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