Going beyond exposure to local news media: An information-processing examination of public perceptions of food safety

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 789-806

  Fleming, Kenneth ^a   Thorson, Esther ^a   Zhang, Yuyan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY; SOCIAL CLASS; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AWARENESS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; SAFETY; SOCIAL CLASS; TELEPHONE;

EID: 33845771263     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730600959705     Document Type: Article

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