Authors Boycott an Elsevier Journal OverRefusal to Publish a Paper on IBM.

Reports on the move of the authors for a health journal to withhold their articles in protest to the refusal of Elsevier to publish a paper about the occurrence of cancer among IBM workers. Results of the data analyzed by Richard W. Clapp, a professor of environmental health at Boston University in Massachusetts, and private consultant Rebecca A. Johnson on the risk of cancer for IBM workers; Response of IBM to the analysis of data supplied to the authors; Reason for Elsevier's rejection of the article for the special issue.