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Retractions in the scientific literature: is the incidence of research fraud increasing?
- Correspondence to R Grant Steen, Medical Communications Consultants, LLC 103 Van Doren Place, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, USA; g_steen_medicc{at}yahoo.com
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Retractions in the scientific literature: is the incidence of research fraud increasing?
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- Received October 18, 2010
- Accepted November 5, 2010
- First published December 24, 2010.
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April 27, 2016
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