What makes a good reviewer and a good review for a general medical journal?

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Published in JAMA on July 15, 1998

Authors

N Black1, S van Rooyen, F Godlee, R Smith, S Evans

Author Affiliations

1: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, England. n.black@lshtm.ac.uk

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