Radioactive contamination of wild mushrooms: A cross-cultural risk perception study

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 74, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 83-90

  Druzhinina, I ^a,c   Palma Oliveira, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Mushrooms; Online questionnaire; Radionuclide; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOECOLOGY;

FUNGI;

RADIOISOTOPE;

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; MUSHROOM; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RISK PERCEPTION;

CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGARICALES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DATA COLLECTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; PUBLIC OPINION; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UKRAINE;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 1842425985     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.01.025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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