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Reaching "an audience that you would never dream of speaking to": influential public health researchers' views on the role of news media in influencing policy and public understanding

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Reaching "an audience that you would never dream of speaking to": influential public health researchers' views on the role of news media in influencing policy and public understanding. / Chapman, Simon; Haynes, Abby; Derrick, Gemma et al.
In: Journal of Health Communication, Vol. 19, No. 2, 01.02.2014, p. 260-273.

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Chapman, S, Haynes, A, Derrick, G, Sturk, H, Hall, WD & St George, A 2014, 'Reaching "an audience that you would never dream of speaking to": influential public health researchers' views on the role of news media in influencing policy and public understanding', Journal of Health Communication, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 260-273. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2013.811327

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Chapman, S., Haynes, A., Derrick, G., Sturk, H., Hall, W. D., & St George, A. (2014). Reaching "an audience that you would never dream of speaking to": influential public health researchers' views on the role of news media in influencing policy and public understanding. Journal of Health Communication, 19(2), 260-273. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2013.811327

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Chapman S, Haynes A, Derrick G, Sturk H, Hall WD, St George A. Reaching "an audience that you would never dream of speaking to": influential public health researchers' views on the role of news media in influencing policy and public understanding. Journal of Health Communication. 2014 Feb 1;19(2):260-273. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2013.811327

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Chapman, Simon ; Haynes, Abby ; Derrick, Gemma et al. / Reaching "an audience that you would never dream of speaking to" : influential public health researchers' views on the role of news media in influencing policy and public understanding. In: Journal of Health Communication. 2014 ; Vol. 19, No. 2. pp. 260-273.

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