SARS and New York's Chinatown: The politics of risk and blame during an epidemic of fear

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1284-1295

  Eichelberger, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese Americans; Emerging infectious disease; Risk perceptions; SARS; Stigma; United States

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMIGRATION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PERCEPTION; RESEARCH WORK; RISK FACTOR; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; POLITICS; RISK; SANITATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

CHINA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; FEAR; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NEW YORK CITY; POLITICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCAPEGOATING; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STEREOTYPING;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547844338     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.04.022     Document Type: Article

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