Changes in the news representation of smokers and tobacco-related media advocacy from 1995 to 2005 in Australia

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 215-220

  McLeod, K ^a   Wakefield, M ^a   Chapman, S ^b   Clegg Smith, K ^c   Durkin, S ^a  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVOCACY; HEALTH POLICY; MEDIA INDUSTRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BIBLIOMETRICS; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NEWSPAPERS; SMOKING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 62449272678     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2007.072587     Document Type: Article

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