title: Authorship: why not just toss a coin?
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2520, USA. kevin.strange@vanderbilt.edu
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Strange
mesh_terms: D001319:Authorship; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D034462:Dissent and Disputes; D035081:Editorial Policies; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000941:ethics* / Q000266:history; D015871:Scientific Misconduct; D014956:Writing
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