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E-ISBN 978-0-231-54693-5

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Offit, Paul A., author.

Title: Bad advice: or why celebrities, politicians, and activists aren’t your best source of health information / Paul A. Offit, M.D.

Description: New York: Columbia University Press, [2018] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017056425 (print) | LCCN 2018010525 (ebook) | ISBN 9780231546935 (electronic) | ISBN 9780231186988 (cloth: alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Communication in public health. | Communication in medicine. | Health in mass media.

Classification: LCC RA423.2 (ebook) | LCC RA423.2 .O34 2018 (print) | DDC 362.101/4—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017056425

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