Portrayal of psychiatric genetics in Australian print news media, 1996-2009

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 195, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 401-404

  Wilde, Alex ^a   Bonfiglioli, Catriona ^b   Meiser, Bettina ^c   Mitchell, Philip B ^a   Schofield, Peter R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; PUBLISHING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; GENETICS; HUMAN; POLICY; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLICATION;

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEWSPAPERS; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 84856365075     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja10.10167     Document Type: Article

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