The social group influences of US health journalists and their impact on the newsmaking process

Health Education Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 339-351

  McCauley, M P ^a   Blake, K D ^b   Meissner, H I ^c   Viswanath, K ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLISHING; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; ANCESTRY GROUP; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; JOURNALISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875206762     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cys086     Document Type: Article

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