Influence of medical journal press releases on the quality of associated newspaper coverage: Retrospective cohort study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7844, 2012, Pages 19-

  Schwartz, Lisa M ^a,b   Woloshin, Steven ^a,b   Andrews, Alice ^b   Stukel, Therese A ^b,c,d  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEARCH ENGINE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; MASS MEDIA; NEWSPAPERS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH REPORT;

EID: 84857212726     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d8164     Document Type: Article

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