Research Misconduct in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Ana, Joseph ^a,b   Koehlmoos, Tracey ^c   Smith, Richard ^d   Yan, Lijing L ^e  

^a Calabar Women and Children Hospital   (Nigeria)

^b CROSS RIVER UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^d UnitedHealth Chronic Disease Initiative   (United Kingdom)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; TROVAFLOXACIN; ZIDOVUDINE;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BREAST CANCER; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHINA; EDUCATION; GOVERNMENT; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; INDIA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NIGERIA; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; SOUTH AFRICA; SYPHILIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TRAINING; TRUST;

DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INCOME; RETRACTION OF PUBLICATION AS TOPIC; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT;

EID: 84875477788     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001315     Document Type: Article

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