Public information officers' and journalists' perceived barriers to providing quality health information

Health Communication

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 327-336

  Avery, Elizabeth Johnson ^a   Lariscy, Ruthann Weaver ^b   Sohn, Youngju ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLISHING; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

DISCLOSURE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JOURNALISM; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69849090403     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410230902889365     Document Type: Article

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