Medical advertisements in Medical Journals: The case against

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 981-983

  Chisholm, Carey D ^a   Gentile, Nina T ^b   Gerhardt, Robert T ^c   Hauswald, Mark ^d   Mycyk, Mark B ^e   Sinert, Richard ^f   Sokolove, Peter E ^g  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; BUDGET; DEVICE; DRUG INDUSTRY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DRUG INDUSTRY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 70350056354     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00533.x     Document Type: Note

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