Statistical recommendations for papers submitted to Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 299-304

  Rigby, Alan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BIOMEDICINE; BOOTSTRAPPING; DIABETES CONTROL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICINE; NEUROLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TRAINING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; NEUROLOGY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLISHING; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 76349123394     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2009.03553.x     Document Type: Review

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