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We’ve Been Framed

By Jessica Wapner
Posted: December 8, 2011
Category: Medical Evidence | Tagged absolute risk, framing, Lisa Schwartz, pharmaceutical advertising, Public Citizen's Health Research Group, relative risk, Sidney Wolfe, Steve Woloshin, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice | Leave a comment
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