The role of social media in recruiting for clinical trials in pregnancy.

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Published in PLoS One on March 26, 2014

Authors

Mahvash Shere1, Xiu Yan Zhao2, Gideon Koren1

Author Affiliations

1: Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; The Motherisk Program, Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2: Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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