The rest of the story public health, the news, and the 2001 anthrax attacks

Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 3-25

  Winett, Liana Bias ^a,b   Lawrence, Regina G ^b  

^a Oregon Master of Public Health Program   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthrax; CDC; News; Political context; Public health

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844467170     PISSN: 1081180X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1081180X05279532     Document Type: Review

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