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Editorial
. 2010 Jan 26;7(1):e1000222.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000222.

Science must be responsible to society, not to politics

Virginia Barbour, Jocalyn Clark, Susan Jones, Larry Peiperl, Emma Veitch, Gavin Yamey
Editorial

Science must be responsible to society, not to politics

Virginia Barbour et al. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

The PLoS Medicine Editors discuss how collisions between science and politics slow progress in public health.

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