Preserving environmental health and scientific credibility: A practical guide to reducing conflicts of interest

Conservation Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 143-150

  Rohr, Jason R ^a   Mccoy, Krista A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Biodiversity; Chemical registration; Ecotoxicology; Junk science; Manufacturing uncertainty; Peer review process

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957643494     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2010.00114.x     Document Type: Article

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