The determinants of trust and credibility in environmental risk communication: An empirical study

Risk Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-54

  Peters, Richard G ^a,c   Covello, Vincent T ^a   McCallum, David B ^b  

^a Center for Risk Communication   (United States)

^b Focus Group   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Risk communication; risk perception; trust and credibility determinants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HYPOTHESIS; MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CREDIBILITY DETERMINANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; PERCEPTION; RISK COMMUNICATION; TRUST;

HEALTH RISKS; RISK PERCEPTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK COMMUNICATION;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030616107     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1997.tb00842.x     Document Type: Article

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