Science ethics education: Effects of a short lecture on plagiarism on the knowledge of young medical researchers

Journal of B.U.ON.

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 570-574

  Brkic, Silvija ^a   Bogdanovic, G ^b   Vuckovic Dekic, Lj ^c   Gavrilovic, D ^c   Kezic, I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^b ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE OF VOJVODINA   (Serbia)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ONCOLOGY AND RADIOLOGY OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^d ID Statsol Statistical Consultants   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Education; Ethics; Medicine; Plagiarism; Scientific misconduct

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; RESEARCH ETHICS; SCIENCE;

ADULT; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAGIARISM; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

EID: 84867569740     PISSN: 11070625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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