title: Spin and boasting in research articles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA. peterc@uw.edu
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cummings
authors.forename: Frederick P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Rivara
mesh_terms: D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000941:ethics*; D010565:Persuasive Communication; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014956:Writing