Adequacy of authors' replies to criticism raised in electronic letters to the editor: Cohort study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7769, 2010, Pages 383-

  Gøtzsche, Peter C ^a   Delamothe, Tony ^b   Godlee, Fiona ^b   Lundh, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHOR; E-MAIL; EDITOR; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION;

AUTHORSHIP; COHORT STUDIES; CORRESPONDENCE AS TOPIC; EDITORIAL POLICIES; GREAT BRITAIN; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84881314680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c3926     Document Type: Article

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