Egregious plagiarism: More than misconduct

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 7-8

  Fred, Herbert L ^a   Scheid, Mark S ^b  

^a TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EATING DISORDER; EDITORIAL; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; INTERNAL MEDICINE; OBESITY; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; MEDICAL RESEARCH;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; PLAGIARISM;

EID: 85013471744     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14503/THIJ-17-6231     Document Type: Editorial

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