Values We Share in Publishing Endocrinology: People and Process

Teresa K. Woodruff

doi:10.1210/en.2018-00059

Values We Share in Publishing Endocrinology: People and Process

Teresa K. Woodruff^*

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Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1019-1020
Number of pages	2
Journal	Endocrinology
Volume	159
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2018-00059
State	Published - 2019

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