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Misinformation in the medical literature: What role do error and fraud play?
- Correspondence to Dr R Grant Steen, Medical Communications Consultants, LLC, 103 Van Doren Place, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, USA; g_steen_medicc{at}yahoo.com
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Misinformation in the medical literature: What role do error and fraud play?
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- Received December 16, 2010
- Accepted January 16, 2011
- First published February 22, 2011.
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April 27, 2016
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