Unintended effects of health communication campaigns

Journal of Communication

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 293-317

  Cho, Hyunyi ^a   Salmon, Charles T ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; TYPOLOGY;

EID: 34250216651     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2007.00344.x     Document Type: Article

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