Gender differences in physicians' financial ties to industry: A study of national disclosure data

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Rose, Susannah L ^a,b   Sanghani, Ruchi M ^a   Schmidt, Cory ^a   Karafa, Matthew T ^a   Kodish, Eric ^a,b   Chisolm, Guy M ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MALE; MEAL; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; ADULT; DRUG INDUSTRY; ECONOMICS; INCOME; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; DISCLOSURE; DRUG INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; PHYSICIANS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84936100412     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129197     Document Type: Article

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