Risk perception of the "mad cow disease" in France: Determinants and consequences

Risk Analysis

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 813-826

  Setbon, Michel ^a   Raude, Jocelyn ^a   Fischler, Claude ^a   Flahault, Antoine ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

BSE; Food scare; Mad cow crisis; Risk perception; Worry

Indexed keywords

BYPRODUCTS; DISEASES; MEATS; RISK PERCEPTION; SURVEYS;

BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY (BSE); FOOD SCARE; MAD COW CRISIS; WORRY;

HEALTH RISKS;

BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; PERCEPTION; RISK PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEEF CATTLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; COW; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRANCE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLITICS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DATA COLLECTION; DIET; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRANCE; HUMANS; MEAT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; RISK;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

BOVINAE;

EID: 27644498145     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2005.00634.x     Document Type: Review

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