Silencing science: Partisanship and the career of a publication disputing the dangers of secondhand smoke

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-23

  Ungar, Sheldon ^a,c   Bray, Dennis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Institute for Coastal Research   (Germany)

^c Department of Social Science ^*  (Canada)

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EID: 11844249954     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662505048515     Document Type: Article

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