"No respecter of youth": Over-representation of young women in Australian television coverage of breast cancer

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 565-570

  MacKenzie, Ross ^a   Chapman, Simon ^a   Holding, Simon ^a   Stiven, Annie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Media coverage; Policy; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS MEDIUM; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLISHING; STATISTICS; TELEVISION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS MEDIA; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; TELEVISION;

EID: 79951721446     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-010-0083-0     Document Type: Article

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