Vicious viruses and vigilant vaccines: Effects of linguistic agency assignment in health policy advocacy

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1178-1195

  Bell, Robert A ^a   McGlone, Matthew S ^b   Dragojevic, Marko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84916603210     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2013.811330     Document Type: Article

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