Association Between Funding Source and Study Outcome in Orthopaedic Research

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 415, Issue , 2003, Pages 293-301

  Leopold, Seth S ^a   Warme, Winston J ^b   Braunlich, E Fritz ^b   Shott, Susan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DRUG INDUSTRY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; STATISTICS; TRAINING;

EID: 0142228162     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000093888.12372.d9     Document Type: Article

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