Newspaper reporting of hazards in the UK and Sweden

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-78

  Rowe, Gene ^a   Frewer, Lynn ^b   Sjöberg, Lennart ^c  

^a NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; HISTORY; HUMAN; PUBLICATION; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RADIATION INJURY; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ANIMALS; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NEWSPAPERS; RADIATION INJURIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033641698     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-6625/9/1/304     Document Type: Article

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