Asian Journal of Surgery
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 140-144 , July 2006

Who Publishes in Leading General Surgical Journals? The Divide Between the Developed and Developing Worlds

  • Kamal Kumar Mahawar

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Kamal Kumar Mahawar, Department of Surgery, Darlington Memorial Hospital, 37 Hawkesbury Mews, Darlington DL3 6RR, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Ganesh Kumar
  • Ajay Malviya

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

,Accepted 5 November 2005.

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PII: S1015-9584(09)60073-7

doi: 10.1016/S1015-9584(09)60073-7

Asian Journal of Surgery
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 140-144 , July 2006

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