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Development and Evaluation of Research Methods, Instruments and Tools (744) Recruitment of Research Participants (377) Electronic/Mobile Data Capture, Internet-based Survey & Research Methodology (997) Innovations in Clinical Trials and Research Data Management (124) Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Open, Participatory, Collaborative Medicine (1911) Mass Media/Social Media Communication and Campaigns (574) Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Public Health Informatics (20)

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Evaluating the Problem of Fraudulent Participants in Health Care Research: Multimethod Pilot Study

Evaluating the Problem of Fraudulent Participants in Health Care Research: Multimethod Pilot Study

Evaluating the Problem of Fraudulent Participants in Health Care Research: Multimethod Pilot Study

Authors of this article:

Vithusa Kumarasamy1 Author Orcid Image ;   Nicole Goodfellow1 Author Orcid Image ;   Era Mae Ferron1 Author Orcid Image ;   Amy L Wright1 Author Orcid Image
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