Social representation of a food risk: The Hong Kong avian bird flu epidemic

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 517-533

  Joffe, Hélène ^a   Lee, N Y Louis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hygiene and purity; Non western social representations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INTERVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; BIRD DISEASES; CULTURE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOOD; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HONG KONG; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 4444337379     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105304044036     Document Type: Article

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