Do Financial Conflicts of Inteterest Bias Research?: An Inquiry into the "Funding Effect" Hypothesis

Science Technology and Human Values

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 566-587

  Krimsky, Sheldon ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical trials; conflicts of interest; funding effect; scientific bias; scientific objectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879179138     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: 15528251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0162243912456271     Document Type: Article

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