Journalists and Public Health Professionals: Challenges of a Symbiotic Relationship

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 59-63

  Lubens, Pauline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ebola; epidemics; health communication; vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

DISASTER PLANNING; EPIDEMIC; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MASS MEDIUM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLISHING; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

DISASTER PLANNING; EPIDEMICS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; MASS MEDIA; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924350145     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2014.127     Document Type: Note

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