Pesticides in the risk society the view from everyday life

Current Sociology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 757-778

  Jensen, Mette ^a   Blok, Anders ^b  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Environment; Lay expert relationship; Pesticides; Risk; Ulrich Beck

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249148324     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392108093834     Document Type: Article

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