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Table 1 Characteristics of Articles

From: The reporting of theoretical health risks by the media: Canadian newspaper reporting of potential blood transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Location of article

# of articles (% of total)

Article type

# of articles (% of total)

Banner Headline

7 (3)

News report

207 (84)

Other front page

23 (9)

Information piece

15 (6)

Other front section

180 (73)

Human interest

10 (4)

Not front section

35 (14)

Editorial/ letter to editor

19 (8)

  1. *Some articles classified as two article types