Practice-specific risk perceptions and self-reported food safety practices

Risk Analysis

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 749-761

  Levy, Alan S ^a   Choinière, Conrad J ^a   Fein, Sara B ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Endogeneity; Food safety practices; Response bias; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CANNING; CHEMOTHERAPY; COOLING; DECISION MAKING; DRUG DELIVERY; DRUG DOSAGE; DRUG THERAPY; FOOD PRESERVATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; RISKS; SAFETY FACTOR; SURVEYS;

COGNITIVE EFFECTS; COGNITIVE ELEMENTS; ENDOGENEITY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION'S (FDA); FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PREPARATION; FOOD SAFETY; IN ORDER; INFORMATION SEARCH BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION SEARCHES; POTENTIAL SOURCES; RESPONSE BIAS; RISK AVOIDANCE; SAFETY BEHAVIOR; SAFETY KNOWLEDGE; SURVEY DATA;

RISK ANALYSIS;

COGNITION; EDUCATION; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SAFETY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SURVEY;

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EATING; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD FREEZING; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNOWLEDGE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGED; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 45349104192     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2008.01051.x     Document Type: Article

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