Beyond the hazard: The role of beliefs in health risk perception

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1111-1126

  Lee, Jennifer E C ^a,b   Lemyre, Louise ^a,b   Mercier, Pierre ^b   Bouchard, Louise ^a   Krewski, Daniel ^a  

^a Institute of Population Health   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Health beliefs; Health risks; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 31644432582     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030500278636     Document Type: Article

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