Medical integrity up in smoke? Conflicts of interest and the lung cancer screening controversy

Oncologist

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 474-476

  Moy, Beverly ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DISCLOSURE; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MASS SCREENING; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 45749149216     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2008-0098     Document Type: Note

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