Do financial factors such as author page charges and industry funding impact on the nature of published research in infectious diseases?

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 214-222

  Liyanage, Surabhi S ^a,b   Raina MacIntyre, C ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG INDUSTRY; ECONOMICS; FEE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; WRITING;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AUTHORSHIP; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG INDUSTRY; FEES AND CHARGES; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HUMANS; PERIODICALS; PUBLICATION BIAS; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH SUPPORT;

EID: 33750093063     PISSN: 14711834     EISSN: 14711842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2006.00665.x     Document Type: Article

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