title: Response to "literature pollution: a personal experience".
authors.affiliation: Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University, 593 Eddy St, Providence, RI, 02806, USA. balverson@lifespan.org.
authors.forename: Brian K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Alverson
authors.affiliation: University of Cincinnati, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA.
authors.forename: Samir S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.affiliation: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY, 10029, USA.
authors.forename: Karen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Wilson