Differential perception of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear terrorism in Canada

International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1191-1208

  Lemyre, Louise ^a,b,c,d   Turner, Michelle C ^a   Lee, Jennifer E C ^a   Krewski, Daniel ^a,e,f,g,h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b School of Psychology   (Canada)

^c Psychosocial Analysis of Health 'GAP Santé'   (Canada)

^d Royal Society of Canada   (Canada)

^e M Ctr for Pop Hlth Risk Assess   (Canada)

^f Society for Risk Analysis   (United States)

^g AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^h NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

ⁱ Academy's Committee on Toxicity Testing and Assessment of Environmental Agents   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; CBRN; Gender; Risk management; Risk perception; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 35948960321     PISSN: 14668297     EISSN: 17415241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJRAM.2007.015301     Document Type: Article

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