Teens' attention to crime and emergency programs on television as a predictor and mediator of increased risk perceptions regarding alcohol-related injuries

Health Communication

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 94-103

  Slater, Michael D ^a   Jain, Parul ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CRIME; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVIEW; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; TELEVISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CRIME; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; RISK; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TELEVISION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79751505284     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2011.527625     Document Type: Article

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