Does conflict of interest disclosure worsen bias?

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Barbour, Virginia ^a   Clark, Jocalyn ^a   Norton, Melissa ^a   Simpson, Paul ^a   Veitch, Emma ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG INDUSTRY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENTAL HEALTH;

EID: 84860117459     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001210     Document Type: Editorial

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