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Editorial
. 2010 Jan;95(1):1-2.
doi: 10.3324/haematol.2009.017426.

How ghost-writing threatens the credibility of medical knowledge and medical journals

Virginia Barbour
Editorial

How ghost-writing threatens the credibility of medical knowledge and medical journals

Virginia Barbour. Haematologica. 2010 Jan.
No abstract available

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