Sports celebrities and public health: Diego maradona's influence on drug use prevention

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 358-373

  Brown, William J ^a   De Matviuk, Marcela Alejandra Chaván ^a  

^a REGENT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC FIGURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ARGENTINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMOUS PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCCER; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SPORTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77953975792     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730903460575     Document Type: Article

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