How the Media Framed Weight-loss Drugs: A Content Analysis of Newspaper Coverage Of Prescription and Over-the-counter Weight-loss Drugs

abstract: This study explores how newspapers framed the weight-loss drugs Xenical®(orlistat) and Alli® (over-the-counter orlistat) during the time period of three months prior to their approvals by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration until one year after each became available on t...

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Other Authors: Lehmann, Jessica (Author)
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.9480

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