Do the print media “hype” genetic research? A comparison of newspaper stories and peer-reviewed research papers

Tania M. Bubela; Timothy A. Caulfield

doi:10.1503/cmaj.1030762

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vol. 170 no. 9 1399-1407

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1030762

PubMed

15111473

History

Published online April 26, 2004.

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Tania M. Bubela,
Timothy A. Caulfield

From the Health Law Institute (Bubela, Caulfield), the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (Caulfield), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta. Timothy Caulfield is Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy and is Research Director at the Health Law Institute.

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