A randomized study of how physicians interpret research funding disclosures.

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Published in N Engl J Med on September 20, 2012

Authors

Aaron S Kesselheim1, Christopher T Robertson, Jessica A Myers, Susannah L Rose, Victoria Gillet, Kathryn M Ross, Robert J Glynn, Steven Joffe, Jerry Avorn

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02120, USA. akesselheim@partners.org

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