Giving Legs to Restless Legs: A Case Study of How the Media Helps Make People Sick
PLoS MedicinePublished 5 April 2006Open access
Steven Woloshin, Lisa M. Schwartz
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To get a sense of how the media works in the context of a major disease promotion effort, the authors examined news coverage of restless leg syndrome.
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To get a sense of how the media works in the context of a major disease promotion effort, the authors examined news coverage of restless leg syndrome.
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