Mediating the social and psychological impacts of terrorist attacks: The role of risk perception and risk communication

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 279-288

  Rogers, M Brooke ^a   Amlôt, Richard ^b   Rubin, G James ^a   Wessely, Simon ^a   Krieger, Kristian ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORISM; FEAR; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; REVIEW; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CARE; TERRORISM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COMMUNICATION; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; POLITICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; TERRORISM;

EID: 34250689113     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540260701349373     Document Type: Review

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