Authorship trends in the surgical literature

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1304-1308

  Glynn, R W ^a   Kerin, M J ^a   Sweeney, K J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL SURGERY; ONCOLOGY; PUBLICATION; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; GENERAL SURGERY; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77955197382     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.7109     Document Type: Article

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