Reporting medical information: Effects of press releases and newsworthiness on medical journal articles' visibility in the news media

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 519-530

  Stryker, Jo Ellen ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Information dissemination; Journalism, medical; Mass media; United States

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036435735     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2002.1102     Document Type: Article

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