Talking evidence at Christmas

Talk Evidence by The BMJ

Dec 21, 202234:29Science & Medicine

It's almost time for the Christmas edition of the BMJ to hit your doormats, and in this festive edition of Talk Evidence we're going to be talking Christmas research. Joining Helen and Juan, we have Tim Feeney, BMJ resea...

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