Requirements of clinical journals for authors' disclosure of financial and non-financial conflicts of interest: A cross sectional study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Shawwa, Khaled ^a   Kallas, Romy ^a   Koujanian, Serge ^b   Agarwal, Arnav ^c   Neumann, Ignacio ^c,d   Alexander, Paul ^c   Tikkinen, Kari A O ^c   Guyatt, Gordon ^c   Akl, Elie A ^a,c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY; HUMAN; PUBLISHING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PUBLICATION;

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDITORIAL POLICIES; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84977634656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152301     Document Type: Article

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