Communicating risks and benefits of aquaculture: A content analysis of US newsprint representations of farmed salmon

Journal of the World Aquaculture Society

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 143-157

  Amberg, Shannon M ^a   Hall, Troy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH RISK; MASS MEDIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SALMONID CULTURE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47749135639     PISSN: 08938849     EISSN: 17497345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-7345.2008.00160.x     Document Type: Article

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