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Welch HG, Woloshin S, Schwartz LM, Gordis L, Gotzshe PC, Harris R, Kramer BS, Ransohoff DF. Overstating the Evidence for Lung Cancer Screening. Archives of Internal Medicine, November 26, 2007;167(21):2289-95.
Welch HG, Woloshin S, Schwartz LM. How Two Studies on Cancer Screening Led to Two Results. The New York Times, Tuesday, March 13, 2007; Science Times page D5, D8.
Welch HG, Schwartz LM, Woloshin S. What's Making Us Sick is an Epidemic of Diagnoses. The New York Times, Tuesday, January 2, 2007; page D5.
Woloshin S, Schwartz LM, Welch HG. Warned, But Worse Off. The New York Times, Monday, August 22, 2005; page A13.
Welch HG. Dangers in Early Detection. The Washington Post, Thursday, July 1, 2004; page A23.
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