Cognitive health messages in popular women's and men's magazines, 2006-2007

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Friedman, Daniela B ^a   Laditka, James N ^b   Laditka, Sarah B ^b   Mathews, Anna E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^c FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; PUBLICATION; STATISTICS;

COGNITION DISORDERS; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; VITAMINS;

EID: 77952295303     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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