Interpretation of results of studies evaluating an intervention highlighted in google health news: A cross-sectional study of news

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Haneef, Romana ^a,b,c   Lazarus, Clement ^a,b,c   Ravaud, Philippe ^a,b,c,d,e   Yavchitz, Amélie ^a,b,c,d   Boutron, Isabelle ^a,b,c,d  

^a PARIS DESCARTES UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^d French Cochrane Center France   (France)

^e Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FUNDING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; MISLEADING EXTRAPOLATION; MISLEADING INTERPRETATION; MISLEADING REPORTING; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH RESULTS INTERPRETATION; SAMPLE SIZE; STUDY DESIGN; STUDY LIMITATION; STUDY POPULATION; ANIMAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84949292743     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140889     Document Type: Article

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