Writing biomedical manuscripts part II: Standard elements and common errors;Rédaction biomédicale partie manuscrits II: Eléments standard et erreurs communes

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 389-399

  Ohwovoriole, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Attributes; Biomedical; Common errors; Standard elements; Writing manuscript

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ERROR; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNOWLEDGE; LETTER; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MISCONDUCT; NOMENCLATURE; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDY DESIGN; WORK; WRITING;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MANUSCRIPTS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; WRITING;

EID: 84876928916     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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