Osteoporosis coverage in selected women's magazines and newspapers, 1998-2001

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-83

  Wallace, Lorraine Silver ^a   Ballard, Joyce E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

Author keywords

Mass media; Osteoporosis; Prevention; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; PUBLICATION; RISK FACTOR; BIBLIOMETRICS; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

BIBLIOMETRICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NEWSPAPERS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PERIODICALS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0037208851     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.27.1.8     Document Type: Article

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