Conflicts of interest in cardiovascular clinical practice guidelines

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 577-584

  Mendelson, Todd B ^a   Meltzer, Michele ^b   Campbell, Eric G ^c   Caplan, Arthur L ^a   Kirkpatrick, James N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CONSULTATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD;

CARDIOLOGY; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955148848     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.96     Document Type: Article

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