The illusion of scientific objectivity and the death of the investigator

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 213-215

  Richardson, Eugene T ^a   Polyakova, Alina ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IPILIMUMAB;

CANCER SURVIVAL; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; PEER REVIEW; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SCIENCE;

EID: 84855519118     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2011.02569.x     Document Type: Note

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