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Published on in Vol 24, No 1 (2022): January

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/22122, first published .
Optimizing Readability and Format of Plain Language Summaries for Medical Research Articles: Cross-sectional Survey Study

Optimizing Readability and Format of Plain Language Summaries for Medical Research Articles: Cross-sectional Survey Study

Optimizing Readability and Format of Plain Language Summaries for Medical Research Articles: Cross-sectional Survey Study

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Leia Martínez Silvagnoli1 Author Orcid Image ;   Caroline Shepherd2 Author Orcid Image ;   James Pritchett1 Author Orcid Image ;   Jason Gardner2 Author Orcid Image
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