The shifting sands of uncertainty: Risk construction and BSE/vCJD

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 133-148

  Kewell, Beth ^a   Beck, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BSE; Discourse; Health risks; Risk; Science; Uncertainty; vCJD

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 46649087333     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698570802159907     Document Type: Article

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