Pollution, food safety, and the distribution of knowledge

Human Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 87-108

  Johnson, Jeffrey C ^a   Griffith, David C ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consensus analysis; Intracultural variation; Pollution; Risk

Indexed keywords

COASTAL POLLUTION; FOOD SAFETY; INTRACULTURAL VARIATION; PERCEPTION; SEAFOOD;

USA;

EID: 0030446704     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02167962     Document Type: Article

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