Upgrading instructions for authors of scholarly journals

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 271-280

  Gasparyan, Armen Yuri ^a   Ayvazyan, Lilit ^b   Gorin, Sergey V ^c   Kitas, George D ^d  

^a RUSSELLS HALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b YEREVAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Armenia)

^c Scientific Research Department   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHOR; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PEER REVIEW; POLICY; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; EDITORIAL POLICIES; HUMANS;

EID: 84901825995     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2014.55.271     Document Type: Article

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