The power of a frame: An analysis of newspaper coverage of tobacco issues—United States, 1985–1996

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 307-325

  Menashe, Claudia L ^a   Siegel, Michael ^b  

^a Matthews Media Group   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; JOURNALISM; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NEWSPAPERS; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032173649     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/108107398127139     Document Type: Article

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