News Coverage of Health-Related Issues and Its Impacts on Perceptions: Taiwan as an Example

Health Communication

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 111-123

  Chang, Chingching ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84863126712     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2011.569004     Document Type: Article

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