The introduction, methods, results and discussion (IMRAD) structure: A Survey of its use in different authoring partnerships in a students' journal

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Oriokot, Loraine ^a   Buwembo, William ^b   Munabi, Ian ^b   Kijjambu, Stephen ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

Author keywords

education; IMRAD; publications; research; undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960555833     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-250     Document Type: Review

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