Ethics in the rheumatology literature: A systematic review

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 816-821

  Caplan, Liron ^a,b   Hoffecker, Lilian ^a   Prochazka, Allan V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCHRANE LIBRARY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA BASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BENEFICENCE; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; ETHICS, MEDICAL; PUBLICATIONS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 45349087965     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.23703     Document Type: Review

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