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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g7092
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SearCh for humourIstic and Extravagant acroNyms and Thoroughly Inappropriate names For Important Clinical trials (SCIENTIFIC): qualitative and quantitative systematic study
Journal article published in 2014 by
Anton Pottegård 
,
Maija Bruun Haastrup,
Tore Bjerregaard Stage,
Morten Rix Hansen,
Kasper Søltoft Larsen,
Peter Martin Meegaard,
Line Haugaard Vrdlovec Meegaard,
Henrik Horneberg,
Charlotte Gils,
Dorthe Dideriksen,
Lise Aagaard,
Anna Birna Almarsdottir,
Jesper Hallas,
Per Damkier
,
Maija Bruun Haastrup,
Tore Bjerregaard Stage,
Morten Rix Hansen,
Kasper Søltoft Larsen,
Peter Martin Meegaard,
Line Haugaard Vrdlovec Meegaard,
Henrik Horneberg,
Charlotte Gils,
Dorthe Dideriksen,
Lise Aagaard,
Anna Birna Almarsdottir,
Jesper Hallas,
Per Damkier
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Abstract
Objectives To describe the development of acronym use across five major medical specialties and to evaluate the technical and aesthetic quality of the acronyms.