Medicine in the popular press: The influence of the media on perceptions of disease

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Young, Meredith E ^a   Norman, Geoffrey R ^b   Humphreys, Karin R ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL ASPECT; YELLOW FEVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AVES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MEDICINE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56149117102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003552     Document Type: Article

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