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CJEM and pharmaceutical advertisements: it's time for an end

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Joel Lexchin
Joel Lexchin*
Affiliation:
School of Health Policy and Management, York University, Toronto, Ont.; Emergency Department, University Health Network, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
*
School of Health Policy and Management, York University, 4700 Keele St., Toronto ON M3J 1P3; [email protected]

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Keywords

journal advertisingpharmaceutical industryprescribingrevenue
Type
Editorial
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , July 2009 , pp. 375 - 379
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2009

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