Continued Citation of Retracted Radiation Oncology Literature—Do We Have a Problem?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2019, Pages 1036-1042

  Hamilton, Daniel George ^a  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PUBLISHING; RADIOTHERAPY;

AVERAGE NUMBERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FOREIGN LANGUAGE; JOURNAL EDITORS; METHODS AND MATERIALS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEB OF SCIENCE;

ONCOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDITOR; EUROPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; NORTH AMERICA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RETRACTION NOTICE; SCOPUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEB OF SCIENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; PUBLISHING;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RETRACTION OF PUBLICATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 85059570439     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2018.11.014     Document Type: Article

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