Media messages about cancer: What do people understand?

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages 126-145

  Mazor, Kathleen M ^a,g   Calvi, Josephine ^b   Cowan, Rebecca ^c   Costanza, Mary E ^d   Han, Paul K J ^e   Greene, Sarah M ^f   Saccoccio, Laura ^g   Cove, Erica ^g   Roblin, Douglas ^b   Williams, Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation   (United States)

^f GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPREHENSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TELEVISION;

ADULT; AGED; COMPREHENSION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TELEVISION;

EID: 77956989611     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2010.499983     Document Type: Article

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