title: Playing detective: at medical journal, editor finds truth hard to track down; termite-eaten data plague Dr. Smith's 12-year probe of an Indian researcher.
authors.forename: Anna Wilde
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Mathews
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wonacott
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D035081:Editorial Policies; D005607:Fraud; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D018156:Journalism, Medical / Q000592:standards*; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000941:ethics; D015871:Scientific Misconduct