News coverage of cancer in the United States: A national sample of newspapers, television, and magazines

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 523-537

  Slater, Michael D ^a   Long, Marilee ^b   Bettinghaus, Erwin P ^c   Reineke, Jason B ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c KLEIN BUENDEL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CONTENT ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

BIBLIOMETRICS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS MEDIA; NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50249125392     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730802279571     Document Type: Article

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