'The Scarlet E': The presentation of epilepsy in the English language print media

Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1894-1898

  Krauss, Gregory L ^a   Gondek, S ^a   Krumholz, A ^b   Paul, S ^a   Shen, F ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Washington Post   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy Seizures; Media; Medical journalism

Indexed keywords

EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0034705004     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.54.10.1894     Document Type: Review

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