Biomedical journal editing: Elements of success

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 423-428

  Gasparyan, Armen Yuri ^a   Ayvazyan, Lilit ^a   Kitas, George D ^a  

^a RUSSELLS HALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITOR; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICINE; PEER REVIEW; PHYSICIAN; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SCIENCE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EDITORIAL POLICIES; HUMANS; PEER REVIEW; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 80051935726     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2011.52.423     Document Type: Article

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