Communicating Health: Political Risk Narratives in an Environmental Health Campaign

Journal of Applied Communication Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-43

  Zoller, Heather M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental Health Campaign; Health; Health Activism; Narratives; Organizing; Political Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857014753     PISSN: 00909882     EISSN: 14795752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00909882.2011.634816     Document Type: Article

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