Covering women's greatest health fear: Breast cancer information in consumer magazines

Health Communication

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 209-220

  Walsh Childers, Kim ^a   Edwards, Heather ^b   Grobmyer, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; BREAST TUMOR; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION;

BIBLIOMETRICS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79956318397     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2010.546770     Document Type: Article

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