Applying the ICMJE authorship criteria to operational research in low-income countries: The need to engage programme managers and policy makers

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1025-1028

  Zachariah, R ^a   Reid, T ^a   Van den Bergh, R ^a,b,c   Dahmane, A ^a   Kosgei, R J ^d   Hinderaker, S G ^e,f   Tayler Smith, K ^a   Manzi, M ^a   Kizito, W ^g   Khogali, M ^a   Kumar, A M V ^h   Baruani, B ^a   Bishinga, A ^a   Kilale, A M ⁱ   Nqobili, M ^j   Patten, G ^a   Sobry, A ^a   Cheti, E ^a   Nakanwagi, A ^a   Enarson, D A ^f   Edginton, M E ^f   Upshur, R ^k   Harries, A D ^f,l   more..

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Molecular and Cellular Interactions   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^f Center for Operations Research   (France)

^g International Union Against TB and Lung Disease   (Uganda)

^h INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^j National Tuberculosis Control Program   (Zimbabwe)

^k at the University of Toronto Wagner is also a faculty member of the Canadian Medical Associations' Physician Management Institute   (Canada)

^l LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Authorship; ICMJE; Operational research; Policy; Practice

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL LITERATURE; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; ICMJE; OPERATIONAL RESEARCH; POLICY; PRACTICE;

AUTHORSHIP; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 84880268677     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12133     Document Type: Editorial

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