News coverage of drug development: implications for the conveyance of health information

Abstract Background Technical information regarding health-related advances is sometimes esoteric for the general public. News media, therefore, plays a key role in public health promotion via health information conveyance. In this study, we use China as a sample country and analyze the claims and f...

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Main Authors: Jiangtao Wang, Wing-Fu Lai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-10-01
Series:BMC Public Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11849-8