Representations of the health value of vitamin D supplementation in newspapers: Media content analysis

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Caulfield, Timothy ^a   Clark, Marianne I ^a   McCormack, James P ^b   Rachul, Christen ^c   Field, Catherine J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PUBLICATION; SUN EXPOSURE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH STATUS; TRENDS;

CANADA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; NEWSPAPERS AS TOPIC; VITAMIN D; VITAMINS;

EID: 84920507183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006395     Document Type: Article

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