Exaggerations and caveats in press releases and health-related science news

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  Sumner, Petroc ^a   Vivian Griffiths, Solveiga ^a   Boivin, Jacky ^a   Williams, Andrew ^b   Bott, Lewis ^a   Adams, Rachel ^a   Venetis, Christos A ^c,d   Whelan, Leanne ^a   Hughes, Bethan ^a   Chambers, Christopher D ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ODDS RATIO; SCIENTIST; UNIVERSITY; DECEPTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLISHING;

DECEPTION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MASS MEDIA; MEDICAL WRITING; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLISHING;

EID: 85006357095     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168217     Document Type: Article

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