Enhancing Scientific Foundations to Ensure Reproducibility: A New Paradigm

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 6-10

  Hsieh, Terry ^a   Vaickus, Max H ^a   Remick, Daniel G ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISUFENTON SODIUM;

CANCER RESEARCH; CELL CULTURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX; SHORT SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; SCIENCE; STANDARDS;

HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCIENCE;

EID: 85040162334     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: 15252191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2017.08.028     Document Type: Article

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