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. 2002 May 14;166(10):1279-80.

Industry-sponsored pharmaceutical trials and research ethics boards: are they cloaked in too much secrecy?

Lorraine E Ferris  1
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Industry-sponsored pharmaceutical trials and research ethics boards: are they cloaked in too much secrecy?

Lorraine E Ferris. CMAJ. .
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  • Disclosure in research ethics.
    Mann H. Mann H. CMAJ. 2002 Sep 17;167(6):631; author reply 631. CMAJ. 2002. PMID: 12358193 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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