A content analysis of news coverage of skin cancer prevention and detection, 1979 to 2003

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 491-496

  Stryker, Jo Ellen ^a,c   Solky, Benjamin A ^b,d   Emmons, Karen M ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER PREVENTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CANCER; SUNLIGHT PROTECTION;

FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MASS SCREENING; NEWSPAPERS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17444405211     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.141.4.491     Document Type: Article

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