Evaluating risk communication about fish consumption advisories: Efficacy of a brochure versus a classroom lesson in Spanish and English

Risk Analysis

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 791-803

  Burger, Joanna ^a,c   McDermott, Melanie Hughes ^b   Chess, Caron ^b   Bochenek, Eleanor ^c   Perez Lugo, Marla ^b   Pflugh, Kerry Kirk ^d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Brochure; Consumption advisories; Fish consumption; Language related differences; Lesson; Newark Bay; Risk communication

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRODUCTS; PUBLIC RISKS;

RISK COMMUNICATION;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

TOXIN;

FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH EDUCATION;

ADULT; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BROCHURE; CLASSROOM LESSON PLAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; INSTRUMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PUBLICATION; RECALL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SHELLFISH; SPECIES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; NEW JERSEY; PAMPHLETS; PREGNANCY; RISK;

EID: 0041663905     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1539-6924.00356     Document Type: Article

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