CMAJ has been made aware of an omission in a Research article published Oct. 19, 2020.1
The competing interests statement should have mentioned that 2 authors (David Gomez and Najma Ahmed) are members of national and international medical associations that advocate for the reduction of firearm injuries: the American College of Surgeons, the Trauma Association of Canada and the Panamerican Trauma Society. In addition, David Gomez and Najma Ahmed are members of the Canadian Doctors for Protection from Guns, which is an advocacy group. The Research article does not represent any of these societies or advocacy groups.
The competing interests statement has been updated at cmaj.ca.
Reference
- 1.Gomez D, Saunders N, Greene B, et al. Firearm-related injuries and deaths in Ontario, Canada, 2002–2016: a population-based study. CMAJ 2020;192:E1253–63. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]