What does cancer treatment look like in consumer cancer magazines? an exploratory analysis of photographic content in consumer cancer magazines

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 416-430

  Phillips, Selene G ^a   Della, Lindsay J ^a   Sohn, Steve H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PHOTOGRAPHY; PUBLICATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY IMAGE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PHOTOGRAPHY; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957445227     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2010.546484     Document Type: Article

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