Local understanding of fish consumption advisory risks in Michigan's Upper Peninsula: The role of structure, culture, and agency

Rural Sociology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 275-299

  Habron, Geoffrey ^a   Barbier, Melanie ^a   Kinnunen, Ronald ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BUREAUCRACY; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH RISK; RURAL AREA; RURAL SOCIETY;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UPPER PENINSULA;

EID: 45249118868     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1526/003601108784514534     Document Type: Article

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