The Fight against Disease Mongering: Generating Knowledge for Action
Open Access
- 11 April 2006
- journal article
- essay
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 3 (4) , e191
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030191
Abstract
The Guest Editors of the Disease Mongering theme issue argue that we need better research to identify, understand, and combat the threat to human health from the corporate-sponsored selling of sickness.Keywords
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