A comparison of breast, testicular and prostate cancer in mass print media (1996-2001)

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 541-551

  Clarke, Juanne Nancarrow ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Canada; Gender,United States; Media; Prostate cancer; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

CANCER; HEALTH EDUCATION; MEDIA ROLE;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEAR; FEMININITY; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; MASCULINITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; ONCOGENE; PERSONHOOD; PREVALENCE; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CONTROL; TESTIS CANCER; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; MALE; PERIODICALS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2442549428     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.11.018     Document Type: Article

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