Structural problems of medical news reports in newspapers: A verification of news reports on an incident of mass nosocomial Serratia infection

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 107-112

  Mizuno, Yasuhiro ^a   Narimatsu, Hiroto ^b   Kishi, Yukiko ^c   Kodama, Yuko ^c   Murashige, Naoko ^d   Yuji, Koichiro ^c   Matsumura, Tomoko ^c   Kami, Masahiro ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d Japan Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coverage; Media literacy; Newspaper; Serratia liquefaciens; Sterilization

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MASS DISASTER; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PUBLICATION; SERRATIA INFECTION; SERRATIA LIQUEFACIENS;

EID: 77952241445     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-009-0013-4     Document Type: Article

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