Death of a thousand cuts: The impact of media coverage on public opinion about clinton’s health security act

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 253-270

  Huebner, Jeffrey ^a   Fan, David P ^b   Finnegan, John ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0031352816     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/108107397127581     Document Type: Article

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