A content analysis of cancer survivorship coverage in a representative sample of US news outlets

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 291-296

  Larson, Sandra ^a   Long, Marilee ^a   Slater, Michael D ^b   Bettinghaus, Erwin P ^c   Read, Andrew ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KLEIN BUENDEL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS MEDIA; NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73949144164     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08858190902973168     Document Type: Article

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