Individual scientific credit in occupational medicine research: Ethical and technical issues

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 526-528

  Franco, Giuliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; STANDARD; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 82355170756     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqr153     Document Type: Editorial

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