Risk communication planning for the aftermath of a plague bioattack

Risk Analysis

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1327-1342

  Casman, Elizabeth A ^a   Fischhoff, Baruch ^a,b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioterrorism; Influence diagram; Plague ecology; Risk communication; Rodents; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

BIOTERRORISM; INFLUENCE DIAGRAM; INFLUENCE DIAGRAMS; INFORMATION NEEDS; PLAGUE ECOLOGY; RISK COMMUNICATION; RISK COMMUNICATIONS; RODENTS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

PLANNING;

ILLICIT DRUG; PESTICIDE;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RODENT;

AEROSOL; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEPTICEMIA; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOTERRORISM; COMMUNICATION; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PLAGUE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; ZOONOSES;

RODENTIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 52649133933     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2008.01080.x     Document Type: Review

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