Insights, pearls, and guidance on successfully producing and publishing educational research

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Persky, Adam M ^a   Romanelli, Frank ^b  

^a UNC Hamner Institute for Drug Safety Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Manuscripts; Publication bias; Research

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; PUBLISHING; EDUCATION; PHARMACY RESEARCH; PROCEDURES; PUBLICATION; STANDARDS;

EDUCATION, PHARMACY; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PHARMACY RESEARCH; PUBLICATION BIAS;

EID: 84977079094     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/ajpe80575     Document Type: Article

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