Reporting on violence: Bringing a public health perspective into the newsroom

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 402-419

  Dorfman, Lori ^a,c   Thorson, Esther ^b   Stevens, Jane Ellen ^d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c Berkeley Media Studies Group   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

GUIDELINES; HUMANS; NEWSPAPERS; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0035430837     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109019810102800402     Document Type: Review

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