Researching risk and the media

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-69

  Kitzinger, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health; Media; Methods; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009169460     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698579908407007     Document Type: Article

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