This article reports a study of the amount of overlap among self-designated opinion leaders for five dental products and services. The amount of overlap actually observed is compared with that which would be expected by chance assuming that being an opinion leader for one product is independent of being an opinion leader for another product. No significant differences were found between the actual and expected degrees of overlap.
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