Determining authorship in multicenter trials: A systematic review

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1037-1043

  Dulhunty, J M ^a,b   Boots, R J ^a,b   Paratz, J D ^a,b   Lipman, J ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 80053196611     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2011.02477.x     Document Type: Review

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