The "all-american meal": Constructing confidence in the case of BSE

Illness Crisis and Loss

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 95-115

  Wright, Wynne ^a   Ransom, Elizabeth ^b   Tanaka, Keiko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrifood; Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; BSE; Claims making; Food safety; Mad cow disease; Moral panic; Social construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 21244455691     PISSN: 10541373     EISSN: 15526968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/105413730501300202     Document Type: Review

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