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Original Article

Quality of structured abstracts of original research articles in the British Medical Journal, the Canadian Medical Association Journal and the Journal of the American Medical Association: a 10-year follow-up study

Ho-lun Wong Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, ON, Canada
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Don Truong Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, ON, Canada
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Anisah Mahamed Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, ON, Canada
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Christine Davidian Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, ON, Canada
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Zeeshan Rana Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, ON, Canada
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Thomas R. Einarson Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, ON, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 467-473 | Accepted 01 Feb 2005, Published online: 03 Apr 2005

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