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Selective reporting of pharmaceutical data leads major medical journals to change editorial policy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Tom Perry*
Affiliation:
Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
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Department of Medicine, University Hospital, 2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 2B5; tperryjr@interchange.ubc.ca

Abstract

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Type
Controversies • Controverses
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2001

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