Representations of SARS in the British newspapers

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2561-2571

  Washer, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infectious disease; Newspapers; SARS; Social representations; UK

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; MEDIA ROLE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; CHINESE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE; INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASS MEDIUM; PUBLISHING; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; THREAT; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHINA; DISCLOSURE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; NEWSPAPERS; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; PUBLISHING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOCIAL MARKETING; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 5144225384     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.03.038     Document Type: Article

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