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. 2002 Mar 9;324(7337):581-2.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7337.581.

Accuracy of information on apparently credible websites: survey of five common health topics

Heinke Kunst  1 , Diederik Groot, Pallavi M Latthe, Manish Latthe, Khalid S Khan
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Accuracy of information on apparently credible websites: survey of five common health topics

Heinke Kunst et al. BMJ. .
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