An unbiased scientific record should be everyone's agenda

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 0119-0121

  Barbour, Virginia ^a   Clark, Jocalyn ^a   Peiperl, Larry ^a   Veitch, Emma ^a   Yamey, Gavin ^a  

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Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; ROFECOXIB;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; EDITORIAL; LAW SUIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MIGRAINE; PAIN; PUBLICATION; ATTITUDE; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; HUMAN; PUBLISHING; SCIENCE; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; WRITING;

ATTITUDE; AUTHORSHIP; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PREJUDICE; PUBLISHING; SCIENCE; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT;

EID: 70349987296     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000038     Document Type: Editorial

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