GM Foods and the Misperception of Risk Perception

Risk Analysis

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 185-194

  Gaskell, George ^a   Allum, Nick ^b   Wagner, Wolfgang ^c   Kronberger, Nicole ^c   Torgersen, Helge ^d   Hampel, Juergen ^e   Bardes, Julie ^f  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^d ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^f SCIENCES PO   (France)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Decision theory; Risk communication; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

GENETICALLY MODIFIED (GM) FOODS; RISK COMMUNICATION;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CROPS; FOOD PRODUCTS; HEURISTIC METHODS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; FOOD SAFETY; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RISK PERCEPTION;

ACCURACY; ATTITUDE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DECISION THEORY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROP; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMMUNICATION; DECISION THEORY; FEMALE; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 1442305944     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0272-4332.2004.00421.x     Document Type: Review

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