Coverage of common cancer types in UK national newspapers: A content analysis

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Konfortion, Julie ^a,b   Jack, Ruth H ^a,b   Davies, Elizabeth A ^a,b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; CONTENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MASS MEDIUM; PROSTATE CANCER; PUBLIC FIGURE; PUBLICATION; UNITED KINGDOM; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; NEOPLASM; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AWARENESS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MASS MEDIA; NEOPLASMS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH REPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84904255985     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004677     Document Type: Article

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