Public perception of population health risks in Canada: Health hazards and sources of information

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 626-644

  Krewski, Daniel ^a   Lemyre, Louise ^a   Turner, Michelle C ^a   Lee, Jennifer E C ^a   Dallaire, Christine ^a   Bouchard, Louise ^a   Brand, Kevin ^a   Mercier, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Determinants of health; Health hazards; Information sources; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747609152     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030600561832     Document Type: Article

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