Representations of childhood obesity in Australian newsprint media and academic literature

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-139

  Bastian, Amber ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Child; Obesity; Public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BIBLIOMETRICS; CHILD; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BIBLIOMETRICS; CHILD; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; NEWSPAPERS; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 79959860463     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2011.00660.x     Document Type: Article

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