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Research ethics
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Retractions in the medical literature: how can patients be protected from risk?
- Correspondence to Dr R Grant Steen, MediCC! Medical Communications Consultants, LLC, 103 Van Doren Place, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27517, USA; g_steen_medicc{at}yahoo.com
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Retractions in the medical literature: how can patients be protected from risk?
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- Received August 17, 2011
- Revised October 18, 2011
- Accepted October 23, 2011
- First published December 2, 2011.
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April 27, 2016
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