Print media coverage of post-traumatic stress disorder: Content analysis of three major korean newspapers

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1077-1082

  Jeong, Yourhee ^a   Kim, Daeho ^a,b   Young Oh, Hyun ^a,b   Park, Yong Chon ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University Guri Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Advertisements; Newspapers; Post traumatic; Public awareness; Stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADVERTISEMENTS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; POST-TRAUMATIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PUBLIC AWARENESS; PUBLICATION; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS; STRESS DISORDER;

ADVERTISEMENTS; NEWSPAPERS; POST-TRAUMATIC; PUBLIC AWARENESS; STRESS DISORDER;

HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NEWSPAPERS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84880787531     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2013.28.7.1077     Document Type: Article

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