Characteristics of citations
| Source of citation | Citations in magazines (n = 77) | Citations in newspapers (n = 88) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | n | % | n | |||
| Medical/scientific journal | 62 | (48) | 70 | (62) | ||
| Government report | 23 | (18) | 27 | (24) | ||
| Symposium/conference proceeding | 5 | (4) | 1 | (1) | ||
| Book | 6 | (5) | 0 | (0) | ||
| Tobacco industry position paper | 1 | (1) | 0 | (0) | ||
| Dissertation | 1 | (1) | 1 | (1) | ||
| χ2 = 9.75; p = 0.03 | ||||||
Differences between magazines and newspapers were analysed using the χ2 statistic.