On the more insidious manifestations of bias in scientific reporting

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 490-494

  Brenner, R James ^a,b  

^a Bay Imaging Consultants Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

bias; editorial; Peer review; scientific reporting

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE POLICY; PEER REVIEW; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

EID: 84928096569     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2010.02.007     Document Type: Review

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