Assessment of cultural sensitivity of cancer information in ethnic print media

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 425-447

  Friedman, Daniela ^a   Hoffman Goetz, Laurie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIBLIOMETRICS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PUBLICATION; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIBLIOMETRICS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NEWSPAPERS; PERIODICALS; SOCIAL MARKETING; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745685025     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730600671920     Document Type: Article

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