Risk Communication and Foodborne Illness: Message Sponsorship and Attempts to Stimulate Perceptions of Risk

Risk Analysis

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1287-1296

  Gordon, Joye ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foodborne illness; Health communication; Message design; Risk communication; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

FOODBORNE ILLNESS; RISK COMMUNICATION;

FOOD PRODUCTS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH HAZARDS; RISK PERCEPTION;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

RISK PERCEPTION;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION; FOOD POISONING; HUMANS; PERCEPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345791470     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0272-4332.2003.00401.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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