Mumps and the media: Changes in the reporting of mumps in response to newspaper coverage

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 385-388

  Olowokure, Babatunde ^a   Clark, Lilian ^a   Elliot, Alex J ^b   Harding, Douglas ^a   Fleming, Ann ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MASS MEDIA; VIRAL DISEASE; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MORBIDITY; MUMPS; PUBLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUMPS; NEWSPAPERS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WEST MIDLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34247511963     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.042598     Document Type: Article

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