Predatory conferences: Caveat emptor!

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2018, Pages e308-e309

  Pawar, M ^a  

^a Dr V P Medical college Hospital Research Center   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; DERMATOLOGIST; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNDING; KNOWLEDGE; LETTER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; POSTGRADUATE STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; SCIENTIST; SYMPOSIUM; WORK EXPERIENCE; DERMATOLOGY; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING; ORGANIZATION;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; DERMATOLOGY; HUMANS; OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING;

EID: 85044332028     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jdv.14855     Document Type: Letter

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