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Published on in Vol 13 (2024)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/56899, first published .
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Social Media Promotion of Health Tests With Potential for Overdiagnosis or Overuse: Protocol for a Content Analysis

Social Media Promotion of Health Tests With Potential for Overdiagnosis or Overuse: Protocol for a Content Analysis

Authors of this article:

Brooke Nickel1 Author Orcid Image ;   Raffael Heiss2 Author Orcid Image ;   Patti Shih3 Author Orcid Image ;   Emma Grundtvig Gram4 Author Orcid Image ;   Tessa Copp1 Author Orcid Image ;   Melody Taba1 Author Orcid Image ;   Ray Moynihan5 Author Orcid Image ;   Joshua Zadro1 Author Orcid Image
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