Is it my responsibility or theirs? Risk communication about antibiotic resistance in the Swedish daily press

Journal of Science Communication

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Bohlin, Gustav ^a   Höst, Gunnar E ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health communication; Risk communication; Science and media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907409349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18242049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22323/2.13030202     Document Type: Article

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