Excessive and disproportionate advertising in peer-reviewed journals

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-64

  Friedman, Lee S ^a,b   Richter, Elihu D ^c  

^a Social Policy Research Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Advertising; Editors; Ethics, peer review; Readership

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; CONSUMER; ETHICS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; READING; REVIEW;

EID: 32544450828     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2006.12.1.59     Document Type: Review

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