Conflict of interest in spine research reporting.

BACKGROUND: Medical studies are more likely to report favorable findings when a conflict of interest is declared. We aim to quantify and determine the effect of author disclosure of conflict of interest on scientific reporting. METHODS: Abstracts from an international spine research meeting (North A...

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Main Authors: Brian P Walcott, Sameer A Sheth, Brian V Nahed, Jean-Valery Coumans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3432133?pdf=render