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Public Health
Data on public health published by researchers at Hebrew University
July 8th, 2008
According to a study from Jerusalem, Israel, " Mass media are a leading source of health information for general public. We wished to examine the relationship between the intensity of media coverage for selected health topics and their actual risk to public health." " Mass media reports in the United States on emerging and chronic health hazards (severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), bioterrorism, West Nile Fever, AIDS, smoking and physical inactivity) were counted for the year 2003, using LexisNexis database. The number of media reports for each health risk was correlated with the corresponding death rate as reported by the Centers for Disease Control and...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-07-08)
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