The structure of Canadians' health risk perceptions: Environmental, therapeutic and social health risks

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 185-195

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Health risks; Population health; Principal components analysis; Risk perception; Socio demographic determinants

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTACT LENS; CRIME; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR WASTE; PERCEPTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC OPINION; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 33744788942     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698570600677399     Document Type: Article

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