How newspapers framed breast implants in the 1990s

Journalism and Mass Communication Quaterly

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 551-564

  Powers, Angela ^a   Andsager, Julie L ^a  

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EID: 0039442896     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107769909907600310     Document Type: Article

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