Turning sexual science into news: Sex research and the media

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 347-358

  McBride, Kimberly R ^a,b   Sanders, Stephanie A ^b   Janssen, Erick ^b   Grabe, Maria Elizabeth ^b   Bass, Jennifer ^b   Sparks, Johnny V ^c   Brown, Trevor R ^b   Heiman, Julia R ^b,d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CURRICULUM; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; MALE; PUBLISHING; SAMPLE; SCIENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; TRAINING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXOLOGY;

ADULT; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SEXOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 41149142381     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224490701586722     Document Type: Article

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