The Cinderella of public health news: Physical activity coverage in Autralian newspapers, 1986-2006

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 189-192

  Chau, Josephine ^a   Bonfiglioli, Catriona ^a   Chey, Tien ^a   Bauman, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Media; Obesity; Physical activity; Trends

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MASS COMMUNICATION; MASS MEDIUM; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; SMOKING; TREND STUDY;

AUSTRALIA; BIBLIOMETRICS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEWSPAPERS; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 65349147784     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2009.00368.x     Document Type: Article

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