Awareness and enforcement of guidelines for publishing industry-sponsored medical research among publication professionals: The Global Publication Survey

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Wager, Elizabeth ^a   Woolley, Karen ^b,c,d   Adshead, Viv ^e   Cairns, Angela ^e   Fullam, Josh ^f   Gonzalez, John ^g   Grant, Tom ^g,i   Tortell, Stephanie ^e,h  

^a Sideview   (United Kingdom)

^b ProScribe Envision Pharma Group   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^e KnowledgePoint360 Group   (United Kingdom)

^f TGaS Advisors   (United States)

^g ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^h Complete Medical Communications ^*  (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Complete HealthVizion ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHOR; AWARENESS; DRUG INDUSTRY; E-MAIL; EMPLOYEE; ETHICS; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PEER REVIEW; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; SOCIAL MEDIA; TRAINING; WRITING; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DRUG INDUSTRY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PUBLICATIONS; PUBLISHING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84899524176     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004780     Document Type: Article

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