Charting uncertainty in science-policy discourses: The construction of the chlorinated drinking-water issue and cancer

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 429-444

  Driedger, S Michelle ^a   Eyles, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CHLORINATION; DRINKING WATER; HEALTH RISK; POLICY MAKING; WATER PLANNING;

CANADA;

EID: 0037931191     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c007r     Document Type: Article

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