False Hopes, Unwarranted Fears: the Trouble with Medical News Stories

Overview

Journal PLoS Med

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2008 May 30

PMID 18507502

Citations 8

Authors

Virginia Barbour

Jocalyn Clark

Larry Peiperl

Emma Veitch

Mai Wong

Gavin Yamey

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