How much importance do we give to target audiences in article writing?

International Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-18

  Nedjat, Sima ^a   Nedjat, Saharnaz ^a,b   Gholami, Jaleh ^a   Ashoorkhani, Mahnaz ^a   Maleki, Katayoun ^a   Mortaz Hejrie, Soroush ^a   Majdzadeh, Reza ^a,b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Audience; Iran; Knowledge transfer; Message; Research; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTICLE WRITING; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; IRAN; KNOWLEDGE; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; MATERNAL CARE; PUBLICATION; TUBERCULOSIS; WRITING;

EID: 79952058560     PISSN: 20087802     EISSN: 20088213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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