The prevalence of honorary authorship in the dermatological literature

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 1464-1465

  Kayapa, B ^a   Jhingoer, S ^a   Nijsten, T ^a   Gadjradj, P S ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTHOR; DERMATOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; DERMATOLOGY; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85046816306     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.16678     Document Type: Letter

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