Perceptions as indicators of potential risk from fish consumption and health of fish populations

Environmental Bioindicators

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 90-105

  Burger, Joanna ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Awareness of warnings; Consumption advisories; Ecosystem health; Fish consumption; Fish health; Indicators; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 49949090722     PISSN: 15555275     EISSN: 15555267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15555270802216065     Document Type: Article

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