Fate of articles that warranted retraction due to ethical concerns: a descriptive cross-sectional study.

OBJECTIVE: To study journals' responses to a request from the State Medical Association of Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, to retract 88 articles due to ethical concerns, and to check whether the resulting retractions followed published guidelines. DESIGN: Descriptive cross-sectional study. POPULATIO...

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Main Authors: Nadia Elia, Elizabeth Wager, Martin R Tramèr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3899113?pdf=render