Advocacy versus impartial scientific review: a problem for scientists and the courts

Advocacy versus impartial scientific review: a problem for scientists and the courts / Larry D. Bowers. – (Clinica Chimica Acta (2009) 406 (19 May) : p. 14-17)

  • doi: 10.1016/j.cca.2009.05.006. Epub 2009 May 19

Comment on:
Bad Science: The instrumental data in the Floyd Landis case / Robert D. Blackledge. – Clinica Chimica Acta (2009) 406 (22 May) ; p. 8-13)

  • doi: 10.1016/j.cca.2009.05.016. Epub 2009 May 22

Blackledge has reviewed a portion of the instrumental data in the Landis doping arbitration case. This rebuttal to his review presents an impartial review of the gas chromatography-combustion-isotope ratio
mass spectrometric data in the case. The rebuttal also discusses the responsibilities of expert witnesses in courtroom testimony.

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