Communication channels and risk information: A cost-utility model

Science Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 190-203

  Trumbo, Craig W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0032357102     PISSN: 10755470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1075547098020002002     Document Type: Article

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