Making Women Visible through Health Communication: Representations of Gender in AIDS PSAs

Women's Studies in Communication

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-65

  Myrick, Roger ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0005581640     PISSN: 07491409     EISSN: 2152999X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07491409.1999.10162561     Document Type: Article

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