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Honorary authorship in biomedical journals: how common is it and why does it exist?
- Correspondence to Dr Waleed Al-Herz, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, 24923 Safat, Kuwait 13110, Kuwait; wemh{at}hotmail.com
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Honorary authorship in biomedical journals: how common is it and why does it exist?
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- Received December 27, 2012
- Revised July 22, 2013
- Accepted July 26, 2013
- First published August 17, 2013.
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April 15, 2014
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