Gender and heart disease in mass print media: 1991, 1996, 2001

Women and Health

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-35

  Clarke, Juanne ^a   van Amerom, Gudrun ^a   Binns, Jeannine ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender; Heart disease; Magazines; Media portrayal; Qualitative content analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MASS MEDIUM; PUBLICATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MASS MEDIA; PERIODICALS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447280792     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v45n01_02     Document Type: Article

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