The association between a journal's source of revenue and the drug recommendations made in the articles it publishes

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 183, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 544-548

  Becker, Annette ^a   Dörter, Fatma ^a   Eckhardt, Kirsten ^a   Viniol, Annika ^a   Baum, Erika ^a   Kochen, Michael M ^b   Lexchin, Joel ^c   Wegscheider, Karl ^d   Donner Banzhoff, Norbert ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DULOXETINE; EZETIMIBE; GLITAZONE DERIVATIVE; INSULIN DERIVATIVE; VARENICLINE;

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG MARKETING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLICATION;

EID: 79952847894     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.100951     Document Type: Article

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