To what extent do mass media health messages trigger patient's contacts with their GPs?

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 55, Issue 512, 2005, Pages 212-217

  Eriksson, Tina ^a,c   Maclure, Malcolm ^c   Kragstrup, Jakob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Crossover design; Health behavior; Mass media; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DENMARK; DRUG MARKETING; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MASS MEDIUM; MEMORY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEPHONE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION;

EID: 14944346718     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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