Ethics and scientific integrity in public health, epidemiological and clinical research

Public Health Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Coughlin, Steven S ^a   Barker, Amyre ^b,c   Dawson, Angus ^d  

^a Veterans Affairs Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical research; Epidemiology; Ethics; Plagiarism; Public health; Scientific integrity; Scientific misconduct

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT;

EID: 84867656703     PISSN: 03010422     EISSN: 21076952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03391657     Document Type: Review

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