Confidence in crisis? Understanding trust in government and public attitudes toward mandatory state health powers

Biosecurity and Bioterrorism

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 138-147

  Taylor Clark, Kalahn ^a,b   Blendon, Robert J ^b   Zaslavsky, Alan ^c   Benson, John ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CIVIL DEFENSE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOTERRORISM; CIVIL DEFENSE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; STATE GOVERNMENT; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 24644482056     PISSN: 15387135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bsp.2005.3.138     Document Type: Article

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