How does the media profile of cancer compare with prevalence?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-12

  Williamson, J M L ^a   Jones, I H ^a   Hocken, D B ^a  

^a GREAT WESTERN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Media; Newspaper coverage; Representation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MASS MEDIUM; NEOPLASM; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS;

AWARENESS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS MEDIA; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 78751511864     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588411X12851639106954     Document Type: Article

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