Scientific integrity: Critical issues in environmental health research

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Merlo, Domenico Franco ^a   Vahakangas, Kirsi ^b   Knudsen, Lisbeth E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLISHING; SCIENCE; ARTICLE; ETHICS; HUMAN; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RESEARCH ETHICS; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT;

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PLAGIARISM; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT;

EID: 44949096358     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-7-S1-S9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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