Public reliance on risk communication channels in the wake of a cryptosporidium outbreak

Risk Analysis

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 367-375

  Griffin, Robert J ^a   Dunwoody, Sharon ^b   Zabala, Fernando ^a,c  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Adventist Ecclesia University   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Audiences; Disease; Risk communication; Risk perception; Sample survey

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DISEASES; HEALTH HAZARDS; POTABLE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM OUTBREAK; RISK COMMUNICATIONS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

DRINKING WATER; PARASITE; PERCEPTION; RISK PERCEPTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MASS COMMUNICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

MILWAUKEE; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0032143764     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1998.tb00350.x     Document Type: Article

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