Unusual clustering of coefficients of variation in published articles from a medical biochemistry department in India.

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Published in FASEB J on October 21, 2008

Authors

Mark L Hudes1, Joyce C McCann, Bruce N Ames

Author Affiliations

1: Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, 5700 Martin Luther King Jr. Way. Oakland, CA 94609, USA.

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