Conflict-of-interest disclosure at medical journals in Japan: A nationwide survey of the practices of journal secretariats

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Kojima, Takako ^a   Green, Joseph ^b   Barron, J Patrick ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JAPAN; JOB EXPERIENCE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUESTIONNAIRE; ETHICS; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING;

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DISCLOSURE; EDITORIAL POLICIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84941591597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-007957     Document Type: Article

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