The increase in scientific misconduct in health research: impression or reality?

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  • Diego Ribeiro Rabelo
  • Gustavo Ferreira Lopes Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública
  • Henrique Santana Cumming

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https://doi.org/10.17267/2675-021Xevidence.2021.e3389

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01/06/2022

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Rabelo DR, Lopes GF, Cumming HS. The increase in scientific misconduct in health research: impression or reality?. Evidence [Internet]. 2022 Jan. 6 [cited 2024 Nov. 21];3:e3389. Available from: https://www5.bahiana.edu.br/index.php/evidence/article/view/3389