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Published in: BMC Medicine 1/2007

Open Access 01-12-2007 | Commentary

Corrections in an electronic environment

Authors: Melissa L Norton, Deborah C Saltman

Published in: BMC Medicine | Issue 1/2007

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Abstract

The need to publish corrections to scientific articles, and occasionally to retract them, has been recognized for decades. However very little emphasis has been attached to how this is done, provided that the retraction or correction is accessible. We are considering a policy to directly correct our online publications.
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Metadata
Title
Corrections in an electronic environment
Authors
Melissa L Norton
Deborah C Saltman
Publication date
01-12-2007
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Medicine / Issue 1/2007
Electronic ISSN: 1741-7015
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-5-4

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