The impact of visuals: Using television program to transform environmental health concepts to people

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2619-2624

  Nazari, M R ^a,b   Hasbullah, A H ^a   Parhizkar, S ^c   Shirazi, A R ^c   Marioriad, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting   (Iran)

^c YASUJ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Air; Education; Environmental health; Mass media; Safe drinking water; Television

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL CONTENTS; EDUCATIONAL GOALS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; MASS MEDIA; SAFE DRINKING WATER; SOCIAL AWARENESS; TELEVISION PROGRAMS; VULNERABLE GROUPS;

AIR; EDUCATION; MOTION PICTURES; TELEVISION; TELEVISION BROADCASTING; WATER POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 67649815621     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2009.2619.2624     Document Type: Article

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