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Peer reviewedSalager-Meyer, Francoise – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1991
Describes a study of 77 abstracts in English language medical journals that was conducted to examine the internal structuring of the abstracts. A form for structured abstracts is described, the importance of abstracts in medical journals is discussed, and structural flaws in the abstracts studied are described. (24 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Abstracting, Abstracts, English, Medical Research
