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. 2008 Oct;105(40):675-9.
doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2008.0675. Epub 2008 Oct 3.

Transparent texts: authors of scientific articles often have conflicts of interest. It is important for these to be communicated transparently to the readers

Christopher Baethge

Transparent texts: authors of scientific articles often have conflicts of interest. It is important for these to be communicated transparently to the readers

Christopher Baethge. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2008 Oct.
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