Reporting of funding sources and conflict of interest in the supportive and palliative oncology literature

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 421-430

  Hui, David ^a   Reddy, Akhila ^a   Parsons, Henrique A ^a   Bruera, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

conflict of interest; funding; literature; Neoplasms; palliative care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RESEARCH; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; ONCOLOGY; PUBLICATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; PALLIATIVE CARE; POLITICS; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC;

EID: 84865684856     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2011.09.016     Document Type: Article

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