Ethnicity, genetics, and breast cancer: Media portrayal of disease identities

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 185-197

  Donelle, L ^b   Hoffman Goetz, L ^a   Clarke, J N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breast Cancer; Genetics; Media Portrayal

Indexed keywords

CANCER; ETHNIC MINORITY; HEALTH RISK; MEDIA ROLE;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER RISK; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; JEW; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; JEWS; NEWSPAPERS; RISK FACTORS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 21844432682     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850500120751     Document Type: Article

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