The tangled web of medical and commercial interests

Health Expectations

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-3

  Rogers, Wendy A ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DRUG COST; DRUG MARKETING; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COMMERCE; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; PHYSICIANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847229854     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2007.00432.x     Document Type: Editorial

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