Making sense of cancer news coverage trends: A comparison of three comprehensive content analyses

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 136-151

  Jensen, Jakob D ^a   Moriarty, Cortney M ^b   Hurley, Ryan J ^a   Stryker, Jo Ellen ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASM; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HUMANS; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NEWSPAPERS; PUBLICATION BIAS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949533095     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730903528025     Document Type: Article

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