Why Having a (Nonfinancial) Interest Is Not a Conflict of Interest

PLoS Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  Bero, Lisa A ^a   Grundy, Quinn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; STATISTICAL BIAS; ECONOMICS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONFLICT OF INTEREST;

EID: 85009083380     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2001221     Document Type: Article

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