Doubt cast on evidence for annual flu programme

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http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/story.as...de=4121877&c=2

Dr Tom Jefferson... assessed 274 for their methodological quality, journal impact factor and citation rates in the scientific literature.

They found no association between the quality of the study and how prestigious a journal it was published in, or how many times the study was cited in subsequent papers.


The researchers found the source of sponsorship – namely industry funding – was the strongest predictor of which journal a study was published in and how many citations it received.

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also here:

http://health.usnews.com/articles/he...ine-study.html

FRIDAY, Feb. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Drug industry-funded flu vaccine studies are more likely to be published in prestigious journals and are cited more often in the scientific literature than other studies, according to researchers who assessed 274 flu vaccine studies.

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Hahaha...

[Deborah]

Shocking! Who would have thought that money has influence on medical journal publishing choices?