| Title |
Destroyed documents: uncovering the science that Imperial Tobacco Canada sought to conceal
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Canadian Medical Association Journal, October 2009
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| DOI | 10.1503/cmaj.080566 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
David Hammond, Michael Chaiton, Alex Lee, Neil Collishaw |
| Abstract |
In 1992, British American Tobacco had its Canadian affiliate, Imperial Tobacco Canada, destroy internal research documents that could expose the company to liability or embarrassment. Sixty of these destroyed documents were subsequently uncovered in British American Tobacco's files. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 18 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 3 | 16% |
| Other | 2 | 11% |
| Librarian | 1 | 5% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 1 | 5% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 2 | 11% |
| Unknown | 9 | 47% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 21% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 16% |
| Computer Science | 1 | 5% |
| Arts and Humanities | 1 | 5% |
| Neuroscience | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 9 | 47% |
Attention Score in Context
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#15
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