Television entertainment and the US health-care debate

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Volumn 347, Issue 9010, 1996, Pages 1240-1243

  Turow, Joseph ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Department of Communication ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; SHORT SURVEY; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029998690     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)90747-3     Document Type: Article

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