'Relax and take a deep breath': Print media coverage of asthma and air pollution in the United States

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 892-900

  Mayer, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Dominant epidemiological paradigm; Environmental health; Media; Newspapers; Risk; USA

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; MEDIA ROLE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COMMUNITY LIVING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; RESPONSIBILITY; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; HUMANS; NEWSPAPERS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862753867     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.04.024     Document Type: Article

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