Good Conduct and Integrity in Epidemiologic Research

Ethics and Epidemiology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Soskolne, Colin L ^a   Abbrecht, Peter H ^b   Davidian, Nancy M ^b   Price, Alan R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c Price Research Integrity Consultant Experts   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Integrity; Office of research integrity; Scientific misconduct; Vested interests

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449430784     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195322934.003.0013     Document Type: Chapter

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