Impact of television coverage on the number and type of symptoms reported during a health scare: A retrospective pre-post observational study

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Faasse, Kate ^a   Gamble, Greg ^a   Cundy, Tim ^a   Petrie, Keith J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EFFECT SIZE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEW ZEALAND; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; SOCIAL MEDIA; TELEVISION;

EID: 84865998992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001607     Document Type: Article

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