The Blame Frame: Media Attribution of Culpability About the MMR-Autism Vaccination Scare

Health Communication

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 690-701

  Holton, Avery ^a   Weberling, Brooke ^b   Clarke, Christopher E ^c   Smith, Michael J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PUBLICATION; RISK FACTOR;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; NEWSPAPERS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84861690720     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: 15327027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2011.633158     Document Type: Article

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