Lethal news: The dexterous infiltration of news media by the tobacco industry agenda
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John P. A. Ioannidis
Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS), Stanford University, Stanford, California
Stanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California
Departments of Health Research and Policy, of Biomedical Data Science, and of Statistics, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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John P. A. Ioannidis, Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS), Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.
Email: [email protected]
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John P. A. Ioannidis
Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS), Stanford University, Stanford, California
Stanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California
Departments of Health Research and Policy, of Biomedical Data Science, and of Statistics, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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John P. A. Ioannidis, Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS), Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.
Email: [email protected]
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