Using systematic thinking to choose and evaluate evidence

Communicating Uncertainty: Media Coverage of New and Controversial Science

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 225-248

  Griffin, Robert J ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85076127576     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410601360-21     Document Type: Chapter

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