The role of ethical publishing in promoting the evidence-based practice of urology

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 319-324

  Sharrock, Gavin ^a   Graf, Chris ^a   Fitzpatrick, John M ^b  

^a Wiley Blackwell   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Authorship; Conflict of interest; Evidence based medicine; Publication ethics; Transparent reporting

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ETHICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; UROLOGY;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; UROLOGY;

EID: 79957534049     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: 14338726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-011-0661-8     Document Type: Review

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