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Science without Sense: The Risky Business of Public Health Research

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Science without Sense: The Risky Business of Public Health Research
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Publisher: Cato Institute
Number of pages: 74

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Unscientific public health research costs U.S. consumers billions of dollars each year but does nothing to improve the well being of Americans. Science Without Sense is a humorous, tongue-in-cheek guide to getting ahead in the field without wasting time on real science.

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