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Misconduct: Lessons from researcher rehab

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Common compliance situations can get good researchers into trouble, warn James M. DuBois and colleagues.

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  1. James M. DuBois is director of the Center for Clinical &amp,

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  2. Research Ethics at Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA.,

    James M. DuBois

  3. John T. Chibnall is professor of psychiatry, at Saint Louis University, St Louis, Missouri, USA.,

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  4. Raymond Tait is professor of psychiatry and vice-president of research, at Saint Louis University, St Louis, Missouri, USA.,

    Raymond Tait

  5. Jillon Vander Wal is professor of psychology, at Saint Louis University, St Louis, Missouri, USA.,

    Jillon Vander Wal

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