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Comment
. 2017 Apr 18;189(15):E551-E552.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.161206. Epub 2016 Dec 19.

Improving coverage of medical research in a changing media environment

Julia Medew  1 , Ray Moynihan  2
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Improving coverage of medical research in a changing media environment

Julia Medew et al. CMAJ. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: Julia Medew is a health journalist enrolling in a PhD program investigating media coverage of diagnostics; Ray Moynihan is a researcher, author and former health journalist and has written on conflicts of interest.

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