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| | Peer-Reviewed Articles and Public Health...[Fulltext, July 15 JAMA. 1998;280:292-294] (c) AMA 1998 |
 | | Enrico Girardi, MD; Nicola Petrosillo, MD; Maria Stella Aloisi, MS; Lucilla Ravà, PhD; Giuseppe Ippolito, MD Context.It has been suggested that early announcements of research works to be published in peer-reviewed journals may diminish newsworthiness of scientific articles, but this issue has not been widely studied. |
 | | Objective.To analyze the impact on the news media, in terms of volume and prominence of coverage, of a scientific article published in peer-reviewed journals about issues with relevance to public health compared with the impact of preliminary release of information on the same issue. |
 | | Reprints: Nicola Petrosillo, MD, Centro di Riferimento AIDS e Servizio di Epidemiologia delle Malattie Infettive Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico "L. Spallanzani," Via Portuense, 292, 00149 Rome, Italy (e-mail: craids@excalhq.it). |
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