Gerontologists combating fraudulent research participants: recommendations from design to dissemination.
This article provides comprehensive guidance for gerontological researchers on preventing and identifying fraudulent research participants—from study design through dissemination. Drawing from our own experiences with identified fraudulent participants, we highlight the complex and often financially...
| Publicado en: | Gerontologist Vol. 65; no. 12; pp. 1 - 10 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Dec2025
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