Ghost and guest authors: You can't always trust who you read

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 416-420

  Schofferman, Jerome ^a   Wetzel, F Todd ^b   Bono, Christopher ^c  

^a SpineCare Medical Group   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Brigham and Womens Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN;

AUTHOR; COMMUNITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PAIN; PHYSICIAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONALISM; PUBLICATION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; TIME; UNIVERSITY; WRITING; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; STANDARDS; TRUST;

AUTHORSHIP; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DISCLOSURE; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; TRUST;

EID: 84925270999     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12579     Document Type: Note

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