A Ghost in the Machine

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 363-364

  Scheife, Richard T ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Authorship; Ghostwriting; Guest authorship

Indexed keywords

AUTHOR; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; EDITORIAL; FORGERY; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 64849086887     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.29.4.363     Document Type: Editorial

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