Writing a research abstract: Eloquence in miniature

International Angiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 297-302

  Papanas, N ^a   Georgiadis, G S ^a   Maltezos, E ^a   Lazarides, M K ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Congresses as topic; Periodicals as topic; Writing

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACT REPORT; ERROR; GRAMMAR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RESEARCH SUBJECT; REVIEW; STUDY DESIGN;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING AS TOPIC; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; WRITING;

EID: 84864773799     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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