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Retractions in the medical literature: how many patients are put at risk by flawed research?
- Correspondence to R Grant Steen, President, MediCC, 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 medical literature: how many patients are put at risk by flawed research?
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- Received February 10, 2011
- Revised April 6, 2011
- Accepted April 14, 2011
- First published May 17, 2011.
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October 18, 2011
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