How the growth of denialism undermines public health

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7786, 2010, Pages

  McKee, Martin ^a   Diethelm, Pascal ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b OxyRomandie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITATION ANALYSIS; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DENIAL; ENVIRONMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASS COMMUNICATION; MASS MEDIUM; PASSIVE SMOKING; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; WEB BROWSER; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION;

DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION;

EID: 78650321135     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c6950     Document Type: Article

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