Newspaper coverage of residential fires: An opportunity for prevention communication

Injury Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 110-114

  Smith, Katherine Clegg ^a   Cho, Juhee ^a   Gielen, Andrea ^a   Vernick, Jon S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FIRE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; COMMUNICATION; FIRES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MARYLAND; NEWSPAPERS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 34248157723     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2006.013946     Document Type: Article

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