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Research ethics
Authorship policies of scientific journals
- Correspondence to Dr David B Resnik, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Box 12233, Mail Drop CU 108, Research Triangle Park NC 27709, USA; resnikd{at}niehs.nih.gov
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Authorship policies of scientific journals
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- Received October 12, 2015
- Revised November 9, 2015
- Accepted December 7, 2015
- First published December 29, 2015.
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April 27, 2016
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