Industry Payments Are Prevalent and Contagious in Subspecialty Medical Education

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  1. Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Waqas Haque MPhil

  2. Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA

    Magdalena Espinoza MD

  3. Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75235, USA

    David Hsiehchen MD

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Haque, W., Espinoza, M. & Hsiehchen, D. Industry Payments Are Prevalent and Contagious in Subspecialty Medical Education. J GEN INTERN MED (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-021-06612-z

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