Don't let the flu catch you: Agency assignment in printed educational materials about the H1N1 influenza virus

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 740-756

  McGlone, Matthew S ^a   Bell, Robert A ^b   Zaitchik, Sarah T ^a   McGlynn Iii, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PUBLICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879124853     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2012.727950     Document Type: Article

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