Do Prescription Drug Ads Tell Consumers Enough about Benefits and Side Effects? Results from the Health Information National Trends Survey, Fourth Administration

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1391-1396

  Sullivan, Helen W ^a   Campbell, Miriam ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; ADVERTISING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84947865130     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2015.1018635     Document Type: Article

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