A 15-year review of ABC, CBS, and NBC news coverage of organ donation: Implications for organ donation campaigns

Health Communication

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-145

  Quick, Brian L ^a   Kim, Do Kyun ^b   Meyer, Kevin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; DONOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MARKETING; STATISTICS; TELEVISION; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

BIBLIOMETRICS; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TELEVISION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 65549110847     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410230802676516     Document Type: Article

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