The quality of methods reporting in parasitology experiments

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Flórez Vargas, Oscar ^a   Bramhall, Michael ^a   Noyes, Harry ^b   Cruickshank, Sheena ^a   Stevens, Robert ^a   Brass, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHISTOSOMA; SCORING SYSTEM; TOXOPLASMA; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE MEDICINE; META ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ANIMALS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE MEDICINE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; PARASITOLOGY; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84904985517     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101131     Document Type: Article

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