Mass-mediated medicine

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 757-762

  Weimann, Gabriel ^a   Lev, Eimi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultivation theory; Mass media; Reconstruction of reality

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RESEARCH; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PUBLISHING; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEVISION;

FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; TELEVISION;

EID: 33751561301     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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