Neglected diseases in the news: A content analysis of recent international media coverage focussing on leishmaniasis and trypanosomiasis

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Balasegaram, Mangai ^a   Balasegaram, Sooria ^b   Malvy, Denis ^a   Millet, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DRUG INDUSTRY; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LEISHMANIASIS; MASS COMMUNICATION; MASS MEDIUM; NONHUMAN; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH;

HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS; MASS MEDIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 48949118065     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000234     Document Type: Article

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