Embedded anti-alcohol messages on commercial television: What teenagers perceive

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 345-352

  Borzekowski, D L G ^a,b  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Alcohol; Credibility; Health messages; Interest; Knowledge; Television

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELEVISION;

EID: 0030296642     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1054-139X(95)00196-Y     Document Type: Note

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