Conversations among Coal Miners in a campaign to promote hearing protection

Journal of Applied Communication Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 317-337

  Stephenson, Michael T ^a   Quick, Brian L ^b   Witte, Kim ^c   Vaught, Charles ^d   Butterfield, Steve Booth ^d   Patel, Dhaval ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Campaign; Coal Mining; Conversations; Hearing Protection; Media Effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349886575     PISSN: 00909882     EISSN: 14795752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00909880903025895     Document Type: Article

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