Conflict of interest in peer-reviewed medical journals: The World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) position on a challenging problem

Neurosurgery

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 629-630

  Ferris, Lorraine E ^a   Fletcher, Robert H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; EDITOR; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; ORGANIZATION; PEER REVIEW; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; HUMANS; PEER REVIEW; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77949936541     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000369904.38343.e4     Document Type: Editorial

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