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Effects of Newspaper Coverage on Public Knowledge About Modifiable Cancer Risks

Jo Ellen Stryker Department of Behavioral Sciences & Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Correspondence[email protected]
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Cortney M. Moriarty Department of Communication, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
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Jakob D. Jensen Department of Communication, Purdue University,
Pages 380-390 | Published online: 22 Aug 2008

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