Response by Samia A. Hurst & Alex Mauron
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Comment in response to 'A question of method' by Samia A. Hurst & Alex Mauron.
a recent Viewpoint (Hurst Sa, Mauron a (2008) EMBO Rep 9: 119–123) addressed the ethical questions raised by the relationship between scientists and industrial funders using the tobacco industry in particular as an example. the article gives an excellent overview of the problems involved in such collaborations, but makes unfortunate use of one example of a rather controversial case. it concerns...
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عنوان ژورنال: EMBO reports
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1469-221X,1469-3178
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2008.59