February 8, 2002
Conflicts of Interest Between the Lines
Why do scientists care who pays for research published in journals, but not in books?The package that arrived on Griffith Edwards's desk last year made him angry. Addiction, the journal he edits, had received a copy of a book arguing that nicotine is not addictive. The publisher had sent the volume hoping that the journal would select it for a review. But the publisher got more than it wanted.
Dr. Edwards discovered that the book's authors had received financial support from the
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