The auditors’ review report

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 448-544

  Hussey, Roger ^a   Woolfe, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agencies; Auditors; Interim reporting; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993110627     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686909810236226     Document Type: Article

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