Misrepresentation of research publications among orthopedic surgery fellowship applicants: A comparison with documented misrepresentations in other fields

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Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 632-636

  Patel, Manish V ^a   Pradhan, Ben B ^a,b   Meals, Roy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Apartment 302 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Fellowship application; Misrepresentation; Research fraud

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DEMOGRAPHY; DERMATOLOGY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PEDIATRICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHICS; FRAUD; JOB FINDING; MEDICINE; ORTHOPEDICS; PHYSICIAN; SPECIALIZATION;

FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; FRAUD; JOB APPLICATION; MEDICINE; PHYSICIANS; PUBLICATIONS; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 0037385727     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200304010-00002     Document Type: Article

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