Conspiracy theories in science

EMBO Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 493-499

  Goertzel, Ted ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AUTISM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSPIRACY THEORY; DECISION MAKING; EVOLUTION; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; NATURAL SELECTION; PEER REVIEW; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; SCIENTIST; THEORY; VACCINATION; WAR; ANIMAL; HUMAN; PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SCIENCE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PUBLIC OPINION; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SCIENCE;

EID: 77954213718     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2010.84     Document Type: Review

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