Scientific misconduct in Japan: The present paucity of oversight policy

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 294-297

  Slingsby, Brian Taylor ^a   Kodama, Satoshi ^a   Akabayashi, Akira ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEGAL ASPECT; POLICY; RESEARCH ETHICS; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT;

ETHICS, RESEARCH; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; JAPAN; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH SUPPORT; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT;

EID: 33745522540     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: 14692147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180106060373     Document Type: Article

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