Still a burning issue: Trends in the volume, content and population reach of newspaper coverage about tobacco issues

Critical Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 313-325

  Wakefield, Melanie A ^a   Brennan, Emily ^a   Durkin, Sarah J ^a   Mcleod, Kim ^b   Smith, Katherine C ^c  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Content analysis; Health promotion; Media; Newspaper coverage; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTENT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLICATION; SMOKE; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; TOBACCO;

EID: 80051826415     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2010.502930     Document Type: Article

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