New ways of making academic articles easier to read

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 143-160

  Hartley, James ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic writing; Structured abstracts; Text tables; Theoretical study; Titles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84055222179     PISSN: 16972600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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