How much does the fossil fuel industry fund medical research?

Hristio Boytchev, investigative reporter1, Natalie Widmann, freelance data journalist2, Simon Wörpel, freelance data journalist3 1The BMJ 2Frankfurt, Germany 3Berlin, Germany Correspondence to: H Boytchev hboytchev{at}bmj.com An analysis of links...

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