Authorship policies of bioethics journals

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 424-428

  Resnik, David B ^a   Master, Zubin ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; STANDARD; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; BIOETHICS; EDITORIAL POLICIES; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING;

EID: 80052401507     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2010.040675     Document Type: Article

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