Toward a symmetrical and an integrated framework of norms for nutrition communication in sub-Saharan Africa

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-58

  Pratt, Cornelius B ^a   Silva Barbeau, Irma ^b   Pratt, Charlotte A ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Silva Associates Blacksburg   (United States)

^c Michigan Public Health Institute Okemos   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; COMMUNICATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 0030621598     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/108107397127905     Document Type: Article

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